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Calculate using GMT Threshold at GMT Web site. (http://www.va.gov/healthbenefits/cost/income_thresholds.asp) $49,465. $51,883.
VA will discontinue the requirement for enrolled Veterans to complete an annual Financial Assessment, commonly known as a Means Test. This eliminates a Veteran’s annual reporting burden. Efective March 24, 2014, we will no longer require Veterans to provide updated information.
"Below the means test threshold" is defined as those veterans whose attributable income and net worth are such that they are unable to defray the expenses of care; therefore, they are not subject to co-payment charges for hospital and outpatient medical services.
Veterans enrolling in priority group 5 based on their inability to defray the cost of care must provide information on their annual household income and net worth to determine whether they are below the annually adjusted "means test" financial threshold.
7 Ιουλ 2020 · Means Test. A Means Test (MT) is the financial assessment process used by VA to assess a Veteran’s attributable income. The MT determines Veterans’ copayment responsibilities and assists in determining enrollment Priority Group assignment. VA uses the appropriate MT threshold for the current calendar year to determine whether
Veterans whose incomes are above the VA Means Test threshold but below the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) low-income limits based on the Veterans permanent address, with an 80% reduction in the inpatient co-pay rates.
Public Law 107-135, the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001, directed VA to implement a geographic means test (GMT) (see 38 U.S.C. Section 1705(a)(7)). VA uses HUD’s “low-income” geographic-based income limits as the thresholds for VA’s GMT.
