Medicaid income limits (GA): 2026 chart and checker

Georgia Medicaid and PeachCare limits by household size

Georgia’s 2026 Family Medicaid limits took effect on March 1, 2026, and DFCS prints each one twice: the standard and the standard plus the 5% MAGI disregard.^[1] The table uses the higher, with-disregard figure, converted from the 2026 poverty guidelines.^[8]

Because the checker adds 5% of the 2026 guideline itself, its parent and caretaker amounts can differ from the DFCS manual by a few dollars (the manual says $787 for four; the table says $787). For a borderline case, the DFCS figure is the one that counts.^[1]

Georgia Pathways: coverage for adults up to 100% of poverty

Georgia has not adopted the full Medicaid expansion, so the main route for adults 19 to 64 without a disability or pregnancy is Georgia Pathways to Coverage, which allows household income up to 100% of poverty.^[7][3] DFCS lists Pathways as a 95% standard plus the 5% disregard:^[1]

• 1 person: $1,263 standard, $1,330 with the disregard
• 2 people: $1,713, $1,804
• 3 people: $2,163, $2,277
• 4 people: $2,612, $2,750

Pathways members need 80 hours a month of qualifying activities such as work.^[3] The approved extension took effect on October 1, 2025 and runs the program through December 31, 2026. It added caring for a child under 6 as a qualifying activity, limited reporting to the application and the yearly renewal, and introduced copayments for members 21 and older.^[4] The Pathways eligibility page still shows 2025 poverty-level examples, so use the dollar figures above.^[3]

Medicaid income limits Georgia sets for parents and caretakers

A parent or caretaker relative qualifies for regular Georgia Medicaid only at very low income: DFCS’s dollar standard is $457 a month for two, $551 for three and $653 for four, before the 5% disregard.^[1] With the disregard, DFCS lists $546, $662 and $787. There is no budget group of one for this category, or for Pregnant Woman Medicaid, so a household always has at least two people.^[1] A parent above these amounts may still fit under Pathways (up to $2,277 for three) if they meet its rules, and the children are tested separately against far higher limits.

Pregnancy, children and PeachCare for Kids

Pregnant women qualify for Medicaid up to 225% of poverty with the disregard (220% standard), which is $4,058 a month for two and $5,123 for three.^[1] Children’s limits, all with the disregard:^[1]

• Under 1: 210%, $4,781 for a family of three
• Ages 1–5: 154%, $3,507
• Ages 6–19 (DFCS label): 138%, $3,142
• PeachCare for Kids (CHIP): 252%, $5,738

DFCS also lists Express Lane Eligibility at 235%, Planning for Healthy Babies at 211% (216% with the disregard) and Women’s Health Medicaid at 200%.^[1]

ABD Medicaid for Georgians 65+, blind or disabled

Aged, blind and disabled (ABD) Medicaid follows the SSI benefit rate: net income of $994 a month for one person or $1,491 for a couple, after a $20 deduction from gross income, with resources capped at $2,000 or $3,000.^[2] The ABD chart effective July 2026 also lists:^[2]

• Medicaid CAP (nursing home and waiver): $2,982 single, $5,964 couple
• Medicare Savings Programs: QMB $1,330 / $1,804, SLMB $1,596 / $2,164, QI-1 $1,796 / $2,435; resources $9,660 / $14,910 (marked 1-25 on the chart)
• ABD Medically Needy: income level $317 / $375, resources $2,000 / $4,000

How Georgia counts income and where to apply

Family Medicaid, PeachCare and Pathways count the household’s modified adjusted gross income (MAGI), and DFCS lists each of them with the 5% disregard; ABD Medicaid instead uses net income against the SSI rate.^[1][2][7] Applications go through Georgia Gateway. The DFCS Customer Contact Center is 877-423-4746, and Pathways questions go to (404) 656-4507.^[6][5]

Georgia Pathways and Medicaid changes for 2026–27

The 2026 Family Medicaid limits from March 1 are the main change already in force; the larger shift comes on January 1, 2027, when federal law reshapes Pathways.^[1][5] DCH’s approval announcement runs Pathways through December 31, 2026, and the Pathways website already describes the rules that apply from January 1, 2027:^[4][5]

• Still for adults 19–64 with income at or below 100% of poverty.^[5]
• “Qualifying activities” become “community engagement”: 80 hours a month, or earnings of at least $580 a month while income stays under 100%.^[5][9]
• Caring for a child under 6 stops counting as an activity, but parents and caretakers of a dependent child 13 or under become exempt, along with people who are medically frail, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and veterans with a total disability rating.^[5]
• Up to 2 months of prior-month eligibility; current members move to the new rules at their 2027 renewal.^[5]

Separately, from October 1, 2026, federal Medicaid and CHIP money covers only citizens, green-card holders, Cuban and Haitian entrants and COFA migrants, with narrow exceptions.^[10]

• Georgia Gateway (apply and renew) DFCS Customer Contact Center 877-423-4746
• Georgia Pathways to Coverage general inquiries (404) 656-4507
• DFCS Family Medicaid Financial Limits 2026 Medicaid Policy Manual, Appendix A2

Food help has its own, higher limits: see Georgia food stamps. Other states handle adults very differently; compare New York Medicaid income limits, Indiana Medicaid income limits and Ohio Medicaid income limits, the national food stamps income limit tables, or the SNAP calculator.