1996.smdl.spenddown and spousal impoverishment
Guidance for: How States should apply the provisions of paragraph 1924 of the Social Security Act which protect community spouses from impoverishment when the institutionalized spouse has become Medicaid eligible by virtue of the medically needy spenddown.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: July 02, 1996
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