Part-time jobs and entry level positions rarely include medical benefits, and health insurance coverage through a parent usually ends when the dependent reaches age 22. The fear of losing Medicaid coverage may cause you to be reluctant to seriously consider employment. The threshold is determined separately for each state. Once the threshold level is reached, a review determines whether you are making enough money to purchase your own health insurance. When an individual turns age 18, the parent's income and resources are no longer considered in determining the individual's eligibility.
Resources are things that an individual owns.
Some of the resources that are counted are savings and checking accounts, stocks and bonds and life insurance. Resources that are not counted include a home, personal belongings, car or van if required for transportation to work or for medical treatment. These are services directly related to your disability and to enabling you to work. Filing an IRWE, when applicable, helps you retain more money because when you calculate earnings, the costs of these services or items are deducted. Transportation costs required by the disability, and structural or operational modifications made to a vehicle needed for work.