2015 Spousal Impoverishment and Home Equity Figures Released

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has just released its Spousal Impoverishment Standards for 2015.

The official Spousal Impoverishment Allowances for 2015 are as follows (Medicaid home equity limits included in allowances):

Minimum Community Spouse Resource Allowance	$23,844
Maximum Community Spouse Resource Allowance	$119,220
Maximum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance	$2,980.50
Minimum Monthly Maintenance Needs Allowance for the Lower 48 States (until July 2015)	$1,966.25
Minimum Home Equity Limit	$552,000
Maximum Home Equity Limit	$828,000

click h ere for CMS’s complete chart of the 2015 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards.

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