


The U.S. government provides health coverage to more than 4.6 million low-income seniors and 3.7 million seniors with disabilities through the Medicaid program. Medicaid can be used to pay for long-term nursing home care in all states. Many states also allow their residents to use Medicaid waivers to pay for assisted living or in-home care if the services can be obtained at a lower cost. Each state has individual rules, regulations and eligibility requirements.
Update: January 2018
STATE MEDICAID |
MEDICAID WAIVER |
ALABAMA | State of Alabama Medicaid application and resources. |
ALASKA | State of Alaska Medicaid assistance application and resources. Find more information at the Older Alaskans Program Medicaid Waiver. |
ARIZONA | Find more information at the Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS). |
ARKANSAS | Further options may be available through the Living Choices Assisted Living Waiver |
CALIFORNIA | Further options may be available through the Assisted Living Waiver Program |
COLORADO | Further options may be available through the Elderly, Blind and Disabled Waiver |
CONNECTICUT | Further options may be available through the Home Care Program for the Elderly |
DELAWARE | Further options may be available through the Amended Elderly and Disabled Waiver |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Official DC Medicaid healthcare program site. |
FLORIDA | Further options may be available through Florida’s Assisted Living for the Elderly Waiver |
GEORGIA | Further options may be available through Georgia’s Community Care Services Program |
HAWAII | Further options may be available through the QUEST Expanded Medicaid Waiver |
IDAHO | Further options may be available through the HCBS Aged and Disabled Waiver |
ILLINOIS | Further options may be available through the HCBS Waiver for Supportive Living Facilities. |
INDIANA | Further options may be available through the Aged and Disabled Waiver |
IOWA | Further options may be available through the HCBS Elderly Waiver |
KANSAS | Further options may be available through the HCBS/ FE Waiver |
KENTUCKY | Official Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services site. |
LOUISIANA | Official Louisiana Medicaid Agency site. |
MAINE | Further options may be available through the Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Waiver |
MARYLAND | Further options may be available through the Official Maryland Health site. |
MASSACHUSETTS | Further options may be available through MassHealth’s Personal Care Attendant Program |
MICHIGAN | Further options may be available through the Choice Waiver Program |
MINNESOTA | Further options may be available through the Elderly Waiver |
MISSISSIPPI | Further options may be available through the Official Mississippi Medicaid website |
MISSOURI | Further options may be available through the Aged and Disabled Waiver |
MONTANA | Further options may be available through Montana’s Home and Community Based Services Medicaid Waiver |
NEBRASKA | Further options may be available through the Aged and Disabled Medicaid Waiver |
NEVADA | Official Nevada Medicaid Agency site. |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | Further options may be available through the Official New Hampshire Medicaid website |
NEW JERSEY | Further options may be available through the Official New Jersey Medicaid webiste |
NEW MEXICO | Official New Mexico Medical Assistance Division site. |
NEW YORK | Further options may be available through the Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program |
NORTH CAROLINA | Further options may be available through the CAP/ DA Medicaid Waiver |
NORTH DAKOTA | Official North Dakota Medicaid Agency site. |
OHIO | Further options may be available through the Official Ohio Medicaid website |
OKLAHOMA | Further options may be available through the ADvantage Program Waiver |
OREGON | Further options may be available through the Aged and Physically Disabled Waiver |
PENNSYLVANIA | Official Pennsylvania Health Care / Medical Assistance site. |
RHODE ISLAND | Official Rhode Island Department of Human Services site. |
SOUTH CAROLINA | Official South Carolina Medicaid Agency site. |
SOUTH DAKOTA | Further options may be available through the Official South Dakota Medicaid Agency site |
TENNESSEE | Further options may be available through the Tennessee Medicaid Waiver |
TEXAS | Further options may be available through the Community Based Alternatives Waiver |
UTAH | Further options may be available through the Utah Medicaid Agency site |
VERMONT | Further options may be available through the Choices for Care Medicaid Waiver |
VIRGINIA | Further options may be available through the Alzheimer’s Assisted Living (AAL) Waiver |
WASHINGTON | Further options may be available through the Medicaid Apple Health Program |
WEST VIRGINIA | Official West Virginia Medicaid Agency site. |
WISCONSIN | Further options may be available through the COP-W Medicaid Waiver |
WYOMING | Further options may be available through the Assisted Living Facility Waiver |