A Pennsylvania resident is currently getting SSI and early retirement Social Security. He is also on Medicaid. If he receives a $12,000 to $15,000 cash inheritance from a sibling's estate, how will this affect his benefits?
It won't affect Social Security, but will impact SSI and Medicaid. Most likely it will be counted as income in the month received and therefore be over the income limit - meaning you aren't due an SSI check for that month. It will then count as a resource the next month. For each month the remaining money is unspent (e.g. saved in a bank account), it will count towards the $2,000 limit. Resources are counted on the 1st day of each month and affect the SSI check for that month. So if you are over $2,000 on the first day of the month, you aren't due an SSI check for that entire month.
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