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Wisconsin · Financial Eligibility

# Wisconsin Medicaid Asset Limits

Last updated 2026-10-20

**Quick answer:** Wisconsin's Medicaid asset limit is $2,000 for a single applicant and $3,000 for a group of two, with separate spousal-impoverishment rules for married applicants. The 2026 home-equity limit for long-term care is $752,000.

Wisconsin's current eligibility handbook sets an SSI-related categorically needy asset limit of $2,000 for a single applicant and $3,000 for a group of two. Caseworkers apply the standard EBD asset limit when the institutionalized applicant is unmarried, but switch to the separate spousal-impoverishment rules once a spouse is in the picture — a distinction that changes the math considerably for married applicants.

For long-term-care services specifically, Wisconsin's 2026 home-equity limit sits at $752,000, applied across Institutional Medicaid, Family Care, Family Care Partnership, PACE, and IRIS. Home equity is defined as current fair-market value minus legally binding encumbrances. The limit doesn't apply at all if a spouse, a child under 21, or a disabled adult child lives in the home, and the handbook allows the limit to be waived in cases of undue hardship.

## Wisconsin figures

- Individual countable-asset limit: $2,000
- Two-person EBD limit: $3,000
- Home-equity limit: $752,000

## Sources and official resources

- [Wisconsin DHS: Consumer Guide, Long-Term Care Insurance](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/insltc.htm)
- [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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