A-1324.23 Railroad Retirement Benefits
Revision 18-4; Effective October 1, 2018
Railroad retirement benefits may be paid to a person, the person's dependents or survivors. Some examples of railroad retirement benefits are sick pay, annuities, pensions and unemployment insurance benefits. Count the gross benefit amount, including the deduction for the Medicare premium as unearned income.
Exception : For Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), people who meet a MAGI exception as defined under Step 3 in A-1341, Income Limits and Eligibility Tests, calculate the countable amount of the person’s railroad retirement benefits using the formula in Table 3, Step 3 of the Form H1042, Modified Adjusted Gross Income (MAGI) Worksheet: Medicaid and CHIP.