Your state's pack. New issue every Monday. Bookmark it. I built this for the Connecticut T&E solo working Medicaid-planning and estate files in a non-UPC Probate-Court state with the strictest asset limit in the country, no TOD deed, and expanded recovery. Every item carries a reachable citation.
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Three developments I think actually matter to a Connecticut T&E solo. Each has a read that lands on your practice specifically — and each comes with a reachable citation so you can verify it yourself before you use it with a client.
Connecticut's countable-asset limit for a Medicaid applicant is $1,600 — lower than the SSI-linked $2,000 most states use and the tightest in the nation. The institutional income standard and CSRA ($32,532–$162,660) otherwise track the federal figures.
Spend-down planning in Connecticut has less headroom than almost anywhere else. A national $2,000 worksheet will mis-screen a Connecticut applicant by $400 — enough to delay eligibility.
CT DSS / HUSKY Health asset limit ($1,600) · portal.ct.gov
Connecticut does not recognize TOD/beneficiary deeds for real estate; real property must pass by probate, survivorship titling, or trust. Recovery is expanded, and DSS may enforce liability where the probate estate is insufficient.
The clean probate-avoidance tool other states rely on simply doesn't exist here. Connecticut planning leans on irrevocable trusts (MAPTs) and survivorship titling — and you must respect expanded recovery's reach beyond pure probate.
C.G.S.; CT DSS UPM estate recovery · cga.ct.gov / portal.ct.gov
Connecticut elected the higher Medicaid home-equity limit: $1,130,000 for 2026. OBBBA imposes a flat $1,000,000 cap (no inflation adjustment) effective Jan. 1, 2028, and moves redeterminations to every six months after Dec. 31, 2026.
Connecticut's high property values mean the 2028 cap meaningfully shrinks protected equity for clients with appreciated homes — and the six-month redetermination cadence raises the administrative burden. Both are planning windows to flag now.
CMS 2026 figures; OBBBA (P.L. 119-21) · medicaid.gov / elderlawanswers.com
This week in Connecticut for the T&E solo with Medicaid-planning clients: what the Connecticut Bar, the Probate Courts, and DSS / HUSKY Health bulletins put in front of you — from the country's strictest asset limit to the looming OBBBA home-equity cap.
Why the weekly sift is worth it for a Connecticut solo: a non-UPC Probate-Court system, no TOD deed, the $1,600 asset limit, and expanded recovery make Connecticut planning unusually unforgiving of national defaults.