Medicaid in Kentucky
Expert guides about medicaid in Kentucky from Brevy Care.
Kentucky Medicaid Appeals and Fair Hearings Guide
If your Medicaid coverage in Kentucky was denied, cut, or terminated, you have the right to appeal, request a fair hearing, and often keep your benefits while the appeal is decided.
Kentucky Medicaid HCBS Waivers: The HCB Waiver
Kentucky Medicaid pays for home and community care for older adults and people with physical disabilities mainly through one program: the Home and Community Based (HCB) waiver.
Kentucky Medicaid Personal Needs Allowance (2026): $60/Month
Almost all of a Kentucky nursing-home resident's monthly income goes straight to the facility to pay for care.
Kentucky Medicaid Guide 2026: kynect & LTC Programs
Kentucky Medicaid sets a $2,000 asset limit for a single senior, uses a medically needy spend-down instead of a hard income cap, and requires no Miller Trust for long-term care coverage.
Kentucky Medicaid Spousal Impoverishment 2026: CSRA Guide
Kentucky Medicaid spousal impoverishment rules protect the at-home spouse when one partner needs nursing home care, and Kentucky applies the most protective federal allowances available.
Kentucky Medicare Savings Programs 2026: QMB, SLMB & QI
Kentucky's Medicare Savings Programs can hand the $202.90 Medicare Part B premium back to your Social Security check every month.
Kentucky Medicaid Estate Recovery 2026: House & Estate Guide
Kentucky Medicaid estate recovery reaches only the probate estate of someone 55 or older who received nursing-facility or waiver care, and a surviving spouse blocks it outright.
How to Apply for Kentucky Medicaid: Every Way, Step by Step (2026)
To apply for Kentucky Medicaid, you have three channels: online at kynect, by phone at 1-855-306-8959, or in person at a local Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) office.
Kentucky Medicaid Nursing Home Coverage 2026
Kentucky Medicaid pays for nursing home care once Medicare's short rehabilitation window runs out.
Kentucky Medicaid Income Limits 2026: Eligibility & Assets
Kentucky Medicaid income limits come in two versions under one name, and the first thing to settle is which one is yours.