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THE MEDI-CAL IMPOVERISHED SPOUSE STATUTES

For Medi-Cal qualification, the community spouse (well spouse) is allowed to have $109,560 (in 2009) in non-exempt, or countable assets. This is called the Community Spouse Resource Allowance, or CSRA, which increases yearly based upon the Consumer Price Index. Only non-exempt assets are counted for the CSRA. As a result, IRA’s in the name of […]