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Medicaid Planning · Georgia

Georgia Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility

Long-term-care Medicaid eligibility rules for Georgia.

Published: Not yet published. Last checked: September 2, 2026.

Income limits

Institutional and waiver income limit

$2,982 per month ($35,784 per year)

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: nursing-home, CCSP, and hospice services; applies to: applicant (single applicant); measure: cap.

Source: Georgia Medicaid 2026 financial limits [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective January 1, 2026; revised March 5, 2026

Institutional and waiver income limit

$5,964 per month ($71,568 per year)

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: nursing-home, CCSP, and hospice services; applies to: household (married couple when both spouses apply); measure: cap.

Source: Georgia Medicaid 2026 financial limits [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective January 1, 2026; revised March 5, 2026

Asset limits

Applicant resource limit

$2,000

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: applicant (single applicant); measure: cap.

Source: Georgia Medicaid 2026 financial limits [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective January 1, 2026; revised March 5, 2026

Couple resource limit

$3,000

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: household (married couple when both spouses apply); measure: cap.

Source: Georgia Medicaid 2026 financial limits [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective January 1, 2026; revised March 5, 2026

Community spouse resource allowance (CSRA)

Community-spouse resource allowance

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse); measure: range.

State Medicaid agency

Monthly maintenance needs allowance (MMMNA)

Minimum monthly maintenance-needs allowance

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse); measure: minimum.

State Medicaid agency

Maximum monthly maintenance-needs allowance

$4,066.50 per month

Pathway: spousal-impoverishment; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: community-spouse (institutionalized applicant with a community spouse); measure: maximum.

Source: Georgia Medicaid 2026 financial limits [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective January 1, 2026; revised March 5, 2026 Additional authority: CMS 2026 minimum maintenance-needs standards [cms] — Minimum maintenance-needs amounts effective July 1, 2026

Home-equity limits

Home-equity limit

$752,000

Pathway: institutional-long-term-care; setting: long-term-care services; applies to: applicant (applicant subject to Georgia's minimum federal election); measure: cap.

Source: Georgia Medicaid State Plan, Attachment 2.6-A [state-plan] — State home-equity election effective October 1, 2006 Additional authority: CMS 2026 SSI and January spousal-impoverishment standards [cms] — SSI, resource, and home-equity standards effective January 1, 2026

Sources and update policy

Methodology & sources

Checked at least annually and whenever the state or CMS publishes new long-term-care eligibility figures.

This page is educational and is not legal advice.