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Theres one thing that almost all Medicaid patients in South Carolina have in common.

Who qualifies for Medicaid in South Carolina?

Different states have different rules to determine Medicaid eligibility, and on that spectrum, South Carolinas rules are stricter than some.

Single adults without children dont qualify for Medicaid here, with a few exceptions, including pregnancy, blindness and breast or cervical cancer.

Children under 19 who live in families earning less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level may qualify for a Medicaid card. That income threshold is a moving target based on the size of families. For example, families of four can earn up to $3,925 a month for children to qualify for Medicaid, but families of five can earn up to $4,595 a month.

There is a resource limit of $30,000 per family.

Parents and adult children in those families do not qualify for Medicaid unless they earn much less. The net income threshold for a family of four drops to $961 a month and $1,126 for a family of five for adults to qualify.

Source: S.C. Department of Health and Human Services

Its not that theyre lazy, unmotivated to find work, or that they lie about their income to qualify for free health care.

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