Maybe. With institutional deeming, Medi-Cal can evaluate your child’s eligibility without counting your income.
Medi-Cal will count the child support as the child’s own income. But, because your child has a disability, they may only count 2/3 of the support as countable income.[1]Your child can have no-share-of-cost Medi-Cal if child support is not more than $920 a month. If child support is more than that, you may want to ask your family lawyer about structuring the child … Continue reading The Medi-Cal share of cost will be based on the child’s countable income over $600 per month.
↑1 | Your child can have no-share-of-cost Medi-Cal if child support is not more than $920 a month. If child support is more than that, you may want to ask your family lawyer about structuring the child support as alimony instead. This is because alimony is parents’ income (excluded for DD Waiver), whereas child support is the child’s income (counted and may cause a share of cost). |
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