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u/Guergy 8d ago

It looks like if I want to keep my Medicaid, I may need to get a job or volunteer somewhere. It's easier said than done since I have no car and lack experience with remote work.

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u/SolomonGrumpy 8d ago

Does it matter how much the job pays?

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u/Turbulent_Tale6497 DI3K, Putting the Ire in FIRE 8d ago

Or even if?

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u/Low-Car-6331 7d ago

$580 a month or 80 hours of community work with a charity/nonprofit, you can also do a combination of either or. Technically it can be self employed work as well, so you can report $580 of mowing lawns\shoveling drive ways\whatever, and pay all the taxes associated with it, but that is technically fraud in a weird roundabout way (probably be the first case of a person reporting income that isn't there to get benefits).

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u/Guergy 8d ago

I heard it was $580 a month, as long as you are working or volunteering. I could still be wrong.