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Medicare Savings Programs

4.2.3 Financial Eligibility

This subchapter provides policy about financial eligibility for the Medicare Savings Programs (MSP). This includes eligibility factors that involve a person’s income or assets. MSP follows many of the same financial eligibility policies as Medical Assistance for People Who Are Age 65 or Older and People Who Are Blind or Have a Disability (MA-ABD). The policies listed below explain MSP policy and link to the relevant MA-ABD financial policies.

Topics in this subchapter include:

MSP Assets
MSP Household Composition and Family Size
MSP Income