Understanding Supplemental Security Income
SSI Spotlight on Continued Medicaid Eligibility
for People Who Work (Section 1619(b))
2008 Edition

In most cases, if you are disabled or blinddisabled or blind, regardless of age, and you have Medicaid before you go to work, your Medicaid will continue while you are working as long as your disabling condition still exists.

In most cases, you can keep your Medicaid even if you earn too much to receive a monthly SSI benefit as long as:

	you are still disabled or blinddisabled or blind; and
	you meet all the SSI eligibility requirementsSSI eligibility requirements, except for the amount of your earnings; and
	you were eligible to receive a regular SSI cash payment for at least one month before you became eligible under Section 1619Section 1619 of the Social Security Act; and
	you were eligible for Medicaid coverage in the month before you became eligible under Section 1619Section 1619; and
	you need continued Medicaid in order to work; and
	you do not have sufficient earnings to replace SSI cash benefits, Medicaid benefits, and publicly funded personal or attendant care that would be lost due to your earnings.

The amount you can earn and still receive Medicaid varies from State to State. We can tell you what the amount is in your State, or you can visit the website, Continued Medicaid Eligibility (Section 1619(B))Continued Medicaid Eligibility (Section 1619(B)) at: www.socialsecurity.gov/disabilityresearch/wi/1619b.htm..

If your earnings are higher than this amount, but you have special work expenses or medical expenses, you may still qualify for Medicaid.