Expert guides about medicaid in Washington from Brevy Care.
Miss a renewal notice and you can lose your Washington Apple Health (Medicaid) coverage even if you still qualify.
If your Washington Apple Health (Medicaid) coverage is denied, cut, or ended, you have the right to appeal and request a fair hearing, and you can often keep your benefits during the appeal.
Washington Medicaid pays for home and community care for aged and disabled adults mainly through one program: the Community Options Program Entry System, known as COPES.
Washington Medicaid lets a nursing-facility resident keep a Personal Needs Allowance of $108.74 a month in 2026.
Washington Medicaid pays for nursing home care through Apple Health, the state's Medicaid program.
Washington Apple Health covers long-term care with a $2,000 asset limit, no Miller Trust, a medically needy spend-down pathway, and a $1,130,000 home equity limit (the federal maximum).
When one spouse needs Washington Medicaid for long-term care, spousal impoverishment rules let the at-home spouse keep a share of the couple's assets and income.
Washington Medicare Savings Programs pay the Medicare premiums and cost-sharing of income-eligible seniors and people with disabilities, and Washington applies no asset test.
Washington Medicaid estate recovery is an expanded-estate program: the state can recover from a deceased recipient's probate estate and from non-probate assets too.
To apply for Washington Medicaid long-term care, most people use Washington Connection at washingtonconnection.org, the state's online benefits portal.
There are two different Washington Medicaid income limits, and which one applies depends on who is applying.