Medicaid and Social Security: Rapid Fire

What this video covers

• Why low income alone does not establish Medicaid eligibility, and how state rules and current agency notices affect the decision
• What Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) requires: covered work and the federal disability standard
• How SSDI benefits based on covered lifetime earnings differ from private disability policy benefits
• Why the 12-month expected-duration test and the usual five-full-calendar-month cash-benefit waiting period are separate rules
• How Supplemental Security Income (SSI) uses limited income and resources plus age, blindness, or disability, without requiring insured work status
• How Medicare and Medicaid remain separate for dual eligible people, with Medicare generally paying first and Medicaid acting as payer of last resort
• How retirement, family, and survivor benefits use different eligibility triggers