Medicaid program provides medical insurance for very low income adults ages 19-64 who do not qualify for HUSKY A. Program covers individuals who do not have dependent children, who are not pregnant, and who do not receive Medicare.

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Please Note: Due to the HR1 (New Big Beautiful Bill)- Changes to Medicaid (HUSKY Health) being implemented starting on October 1, 2026, and ongoing after that are described below:

Work Requirement

• Effective January 1, 2027
• Adults 19-64 will be required to engage in at least 80 hours per month of work or community engagement to remain eligible for Medicaid
• Acceptable activities to meet the requirement:
  • Monthly income that is at least 80 times the federal hourly minimum wage (currently $7.25), or any of the following:
    • At least 80 hours per month of work, or
    • At least 80 hours per month of community service, or
    • At least 80 hours per month of qualified work or training program participation, or
    • Enrolled at least half-time in an education program, or
    • Any combination of the above totaling at least 80 hours per month
• Provides exemptions from the work requirement for:
  • Pregnant and postpartum individuals
  • Foster and former foster youth
  • Indians/Urban Indians
  • Veterans with rated disabilities
  • Medically frail individuals (e.g. blind, disabled, children with serious emotional disturbances, adults with serious mental illness, chronic substance use disorders, serious and complex medical conditions)
  • Individuals with alcohol use disorder and substance use disorder
  • Individuals already meeting work requirements for SNAP and/or TANF
  • Parents and caregivers of a dependent child aged 13 and under or an individual with a disability
  • Individuals recently released from incarceration for 90 days post release
  • Individuals with a short-term hardship waiver

Non-citizen eligibility

• Effective October 1, 2026
• Restricts non-citizen eligibility to legal permanent residents, Cuban/Haitian entrants, and Compacts of Free Association (COFA) citizens
• Individuals such as refugees, asylees, trafficking victims, humanitarian parolees and more who currently qualify for HUSKY Health will no longer be eligible due to their immigration status

Retroactive Medicaid/CHIP Coverage

• Effective for applications on or after January 1, 2027
• Limits retroactive coverage for adults with Medicaid to 1 month instead of 3 months
• Limits retroactive coverage for other Medicaid recipients to 2 months instead of 3 months
• Provides 2 months of retroactive coverage for CHIP programs.

Renewal Frequency

• Effective December 31, 2026
• HUSKY D recipients will need to complete a renewal every 6 months instead of every 12 months