On Jan. 1, 2026, California’s Medical program restores its prior asset test used to determine eligibility for Medical benefits, as the rule existed on July 1, 2022.

This means reinstating the associated resource limits, and exemptions and asset counting rules. This applies to all Medical recipients except the Medical recipients enrolled under the Affordable Care Act which uses the applicant’s Modified Adjusted Gross Income (“MAGI Medical”) to determine eligibility.

Hence in 2026 Medical’s 30 month look back period and its associated asset transfer Medical eligibility penalties will resume relevance both to new Medical applications, to annual renewals and redeterminations of existing Medical beneficiaries. Meanwhile, 2025 is a quickly vanishing opportunity for anyone already on Medic

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