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title: "Connecticut Medicaid Asset Limit: $1,600 (2026 Rules)"
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description: "Connecticut's long-term care Medicaid asset limit is $1,600 for a single person. What counts, how spend-down works and how community-spouse protections apply."
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Connecticut · Financial Eligibility

# Connecticut Medicaid Asset Limits

Last updated 2026-10-20

Connecticut's baseline long-term-care resource figure is $1,600. Both the Department of Social Services' HUSKY C overview and the state's Partnership consumer guidance confirm that a single person in a skilled nursing facility can hold no more than $1,600 in total assets. That figure describes countable resources — it doesn't mean every item a family owns gets counted. The Partnership guidance defines an asset broadly as anything convertible to cash, but a real eligibility review still has to sort out exemptions, ownership, and valuation case by case.

For a typical HUSKY C household outside the LTSS context, DSS lists $1,600 for one person and $2,400 for a married couple — but it separately notes that LTSS financial treatment is different, with married LTSS limits tied instead to the community spouse protected amount. Applying that general $2,400 couple figure mechanically to a long-term-care case would be a mistake; families should ask DSS to confirm the applicant's actual coverage group and the couple's protected resources.

## Connecticut figures

- Individual LTSS asset limit: $1,600
- General HUSKY C couple limit (non-LTSS): $2,400

## Sources and official resources

- [Connecticut DSS: Long-Term Services and Supports, How to Apply](https://portal.ct.gov/dss/health-and-home-care/long-term-care/long-term-services-and-supports---ltss/apply)
- [CMS: 2026 SSI and Spousal Impoverishment Standards](https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/cib04272026.pdf)

Rules and figures change. Confirm current details with the agency before you act.

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