Use this worksheet to convert lifetime total amount received in Holocaust reparations / restitution from foreign currencies (Deutschmarks and Euros) into U.S. Dollars. This is for purposes of taking advantage of the exemption of saved reparations payments from the resource test for Federally-funded means-tested benefits, like Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income. Updated through Feb. 2022

HRA Medicaid Fax Cover Sheet to Fax medical bills to meet spend-down (2018)

NYC HRA MAPDR-01 (updated 01-14-2025) -- Although this was issued in January 2025, almost all the figures are in yellow which means that they are the 2024 figures. The 2025 figures can only be calculated after the issuance of the 2025 Federal Poverty Levels (FPL) later in January or February.

Comments submitted by NYLAG with recommendations and support for New York's request to the federal Medicaid agency CMS to approve a waiver that would expand the MBI-WPD program to include people age 65 and over with higher income and resource limits.

How to get Medicaid despite having "excess income" - Using a Supplemental Needs Trust to Eliminate the Spend-down for Persons who are Elderly (65+), Blind or Disabled. Written by New York Legal Assistance Group Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program, updated May 2024 with new procedures in NYC for submitting disability forms, and with 2024 figures.

Excel template to calculate Medicaid non-MAGI eligibility under the increased 2024 levels - see http://health.wnylc.com/health/news/90/. Can be used as a tool to estimate spend-down and pooled trust contributions. Template has different tabs for different types of budgeting schemes. -- See list of these at http://health.wnylc.com/health/entry/222/.

NYLAG's statement in support of a bill S6414 -A9278 - and in the Senate's One HOuse Bill - to repeal the MRT-II cut enacted in 2020 that would impose a 30-month lookback and transfer penalty for eligibility for Medicaid home care and other community-based services.

NYLAG Fact Sheet on consumer Right to keep more income during a temporary nursing home stay, as well as after a nursing home stay if a consumer is enrolled in a Managed Long Term Care plan or for some consumers who are married.

Applicants for Medicaid in New York City can use this "APPLICANT/RECIPIENT DECLARATION CONCERNING THE LEGALLY
RESPONSIBLE RELATIVE’S INCOME/RESOURCES" forms to indicate the refusal of their legally responsible relative to make available their income or resources for the cost of necessary medical care and services, i.e. "spousal/parental refusal." Since 2018, includes language to request accommodation of disability in reading notice. Instructions explain whi h form to use - MAP-2161 or 2161a - don't need both. Both attached in same PDF. Other languages availaable of MAP-2161 at https://www.nyc.gov/site/hra/help/health-assistance.page

Income and Resource levels for Medicaid and other public health programs in NYS for 2001 - 2023. Includes Medicare Savings Programs, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus, Spousal Impoverishment levels, MBI-WPD, etc.