Healthier Mississippi Waiver Coverage

Healthier Mississippi Waiver Coverage A. The Healthier Mississippi Waiver is a Section 1115 waiver granting coverage to aged and disabled individuals without Medicare. B. The individual must be age sixty-five (65) or over. If under age sixty-five (65), the individual must be disabled using SSI disability criteria, as defined in Miss. Admin. Code, Title 23, Part 102, Rules 7.1-7.3. C. The individual must not have active Medicare. D. Countable income cannot exceed one hundred and thirty-five percent (135%) of the federal poverty level for an individual or couple. Resources cannot exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000) for an individual or six thousand dollars ($6,000) for a couple. E. All non-financial requirements for Aged, Blind and Disabled (ABD) at-home Medicaid must be met. F. Excluded Medicaid covered services under the waiver are long term care support services and maternity and newborn care.