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Louisiana Medicaid Eligibility Manual Eligibility Determinations
Reissued March 24, 2025 Replacing October 17, 2022
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H-630 DISABLED WIDOWS/WIDOWERS (DW/W) The COBRA Act of 1985 required that states restore Medicaid eligibility to disabled widows/widowers who would be eligible for SSI had there been no elimination of the reduction factor and no subsequent COLAs. These individuals must have applied for Medicaid by December 1, 1988. There are no longer any people who qualify in this group in Louisiana. Due to this, all further information on this program has been removed.