| cpi-u-series | BLS | BLS Public Data API, series CUUR0000SA0 — CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100). Values cross-checked against the CPI news releases; release dates from the BLS Schedule of Releases for the Consumer Price Index. | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| irmaa-2026 | CMS | CMS fact sheet, "2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles / 2026 Medicare Part D Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amounts" (November 14, 2025); the same tables appear in CMS-8091-N, 90 FR 52063 (November 19, 2025) and on Form SSA-44 (12-2025) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| irmaa-2027-projected | CMS | CMS Newsroom — the annual Medicare Part B premium, deductible and income-related monthly adjustment amount fact sheet, published each November for the following calendar year. | 2027-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicare-part-a-2026 | CMS | CMS fact sheet, "2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles" (November 14, 2025); cross-checked against MLN Matters MM14279, "Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance & Premium Rates: CY 2026 Update" (December 5, 2025) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medigap-ma-facts-2026 | CMS | Medicare.gov, "Compare Medigap plan benefits" (standardized plan letters, plans closed after January 1 2020, Plan K and L out-of-pocket limits); the Advantage out-of-pocket maximum is from CMS, "CY 2026 MOOP and Cost Sharing Limit Calculations" (https://www.cms.gov/files/zip/cy-2026-moop-and-cost-sharing-limit-calculations.zip), file CSV/MOOP Limits.csv, Table 1 row E | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| msp-2026 | CMS | Medicare.gov, Medicare Savings Programs — 2026 monthly income and resource limits; Extra Help limits from Medicare.gov drug-cost help; poverty guidelines from HHS ASPE | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| part-b-premium-2026 | CMS | CMS fact sheet, "2026 Medicare Parts A & B Premiums and Deductibles" (released November 14, 2025); figures identical to the statutory notice CMS-8091-N, 90 FR 52063 (November 19, 2025) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| part-d-2026 | CMS | CMS, "Annual Release of Part D National Average Monthly Bid Amount and Other Part C & D Bid Information" (July 28, 2025) for the national base beneficiary premium; CMS, "Final CY 2026 Part D Redesign Program Instructions" (https://www.cms.gov/files/document/final-cy-2026-part-d-redesign-program-instruction.pdf) for the defined-standard deductible and the annual out-of-pocket threshold | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| penalties-2026 | CMS | Medicare.gov, "Avoid late enrollment penalties"; formulas cross-checked against MLN Matters MM14279, "Medicare Deductible, Coinsurance & Premium Rates: CY 2026 Update" (December 5, 2025) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| eldercare-costs-2026 | INDUSTRY-SURVEY | CareScout (formerly Genworth) Cost of Care Survey 2025, fielded July-November 2025 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| funeral-costs-2026 | INDUSTRY-SURVEY | National Funeral Directors Association General Price List survey (2023 prices), NFDA Media Center statistics, page data last updated September 29, 2025 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| enrollment-windows-2026 | MEDICARE | Medicare.gov, "When does Medicare coverage start?" (Initial, General and Special Enrollment Periods); plan windows from Medicare.gov, "Joining a plan" (https://www.medicare.gov/basics/get-started-with-medicare/get-more-coverage/joining-a-plan); Medigap window from Medicare.gov, "Medigap basics" (https://www.medicare.gov/health-drug-plans/medigap/basics) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| ss-constants-2026 | SSA | SSA — Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Information for 2026 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| ss-payment-schedule-2026 | SSA | Social Security Administration Publication No. 05-10031, January 2026 — Schedule of Social Security Benefit Payments 2026 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-03 | ✓ verified |
| ssa44-events | SSA | Social Security Administration, Form SSA-44 (12-2025), "Medicare Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount — Life-Changing Event", OMB No. 0960-0784; events from Step 1, evidence from the table on page 8 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ak-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Alaska Division of Public Assistance — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-al-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Alabama Medicaid Agency, Medicaid Income Limits for 2026 (Medicaid eligibility handout, Form 207) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ar-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Arkansas Department of Human Services — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-az-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-ca-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | California Department of Health Care Services — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-co-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Operational Memo HCPF OM 25-073 — 2026 Social Security Cost of Living Adjustments (issued December 9, 2025) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ct-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Connecticut Department of Social Services, What is HUSKY C? — with the DSS Program Standards Chart effective 07/01/2026 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-dc-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance, Long-term Care (LTC) (updated January 2026) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-de-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Delaware Register of Regulations, January 2026 — Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Social Services Manual 20000 Medicaid Long Term Care (effective 1/11/2026) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-fl-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Florida Department of Children and Families — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-ga-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Georgia Department of Community Health, 2026 ABD Income and Resource Limits, with the Department's 2026 Financial Limits chart | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-hi-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Hawaii Med-QUEST Division, 2026 MAGI-Excepted Income Standards and Asset Limits (effective 01/13/2026), with Hawaii Administrative Rules 17-1725.1 and 17-1724.1 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ia-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Employees' Manual Title 8 Medicaid, Chapter F — Coverage Groups (300% Income Level) and Chapter D — Resources | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-id-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Medicaid Program Income Limits, with IDAPA 16.03.05 Eligibility for Aid to the Aged, Blind and Disabled | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-il-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Illinois Department of Human Services, WAG 25-03-02(2) Medical FPLs — 2026 Monthly Income Standards, Resources, and Program Standards | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-in-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Indiana Health Coverage Program Policy Manual Chapter 3000 — Eligibility Standards | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ks-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Medical Assistance Standards, Form F-8 (rev. 07-26) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ky-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Division of Family Support Operation Manual Volume IX, Transmittal OMTL-690 (3/9/26) — 2026 Federal Poverty Level increase and 2026 Spousal Impoverishment Standards, with 907 KAR 20:025 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-la-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Louisiana Department of Health, Medicaid Eligibility Manual chart Z-700 — Long Term Care/HCBS/Adult Residential Care Special Income Level, Resource Limits and Personal Care Needs Allowance (reissued January 7, 2026) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ma-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | MassHealth, Program financial guidelines for certain MassHealth applicants and members — 2026 MassHealth Income Standards and Federal Poverty Guidelines (updated January 6, 2026) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-md-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Maryland Department of Health, Medical Assistance Manual Appendix Schedules — 2026 Updates effective 1/1/2026 (Schedules MA-1, MA-2, MA-2A, MA-6, MA-8, MA-10), with Manual Section 1000 Eligibility for Institutionalized Persons | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-me-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Maine Department of Health and Human Services, MaineCare Eligibility Manual Chapter 332 — Appendices and Charts, with the Department's MaineCare Eligibility Guidelines | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-mi-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Reference Tables Manual RFT 248 — SSI Payment Levels (RFB 2026-006, effective 5-1-2026), with Bridges Eligibility Manual BEM 400 Assets and BEM 402 Special MA Asset Rules | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-mn-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Minnesota Department of Human Services, Health Care Programs Eligibility Policy Manual, Appendix F — Standards and Guidelines | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-mo-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Missouri Family Support Division, Appendix J — Eligibility Standards for Non-MAGI Programs (07/2026) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ms-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Mississippi Division of Medicaid, Medicaid Eligibility for the Aged, Blind and Disabled Residing in a Nursing Facility or Participating in a Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver Program (revised 01/01/2026) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-mt-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Aged, Blind and Disabled Medicaid 013 — Table of Standards: Nursing Home Residents-Income (effective 01/01/2026), with Combined Medicaid 001 Table of Standards: General Resource Limits | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-nc-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Aged, Blind and Disabled Medicaid Manual MA-2230 Financial Resources, with MA-2940 the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment and MA-3260 the Community Alternatives Program | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-nd-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | North Dakota Health and Human Services, Medicaid Billing and Policy Manual — Nursing Facilities (updated April 2026), with the Department's Medicaid eligibility pages | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ne-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, 477-000-012 — Income Levels/Federal Poverty Levels and Resources (figures effective 1/1/2026 unless noted) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-nh-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Family Assistance Program Fact Sheet (07/2026), with the Bureau's Standard of Need release and New Hampshire administrative rules He-W 800 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-nj-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | New Jersey Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-nm-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | New Mexico Health Care Authority — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-nv-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-ny-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | New York State Department of Health, GIS 26 MA/05 Attachment 1 — New York State Income and Resource Standards for Non-MAGI Population, Effective January 1, 2026 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-oh-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Ohio Department of Medicaid — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-ok-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Oklahoma Human Services, Appendix C-1 — Maximum Income, Resource, and Payment Standards (effective 7/1/2026) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-or-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Oregon Department of Human Services, Oregon Programs Eligibility Notebook (OPEN), 100-13450 / DHS 2818 (04/2026) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-pa-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Medical Assistance and payment of Long-Term Care, with Medicaid for Older People and People with Disabilities and Medicaid General Eligibility | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ri-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports: Financial Eligibility, 210-RICR-50-00-6 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-sc-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-sd-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | South Dakota Department of Social Services, South Dakota Medicaid Coverage Groups, with the Department's medical assistance application form EA-240 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-tn-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Division of TennCare, Aged, Blind and Disabled Manual, Policy Manual Number 115.015 — Institutional Medicaid (updated January 5, 2026) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-tx-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Texas Health and Human Services, STAR+PLUS Handbook Appendix VIII, Monthly Income/Resource Limits — 2026 Income and Resource Reference Chart | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-ut-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Integrated Healthcare — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-va-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services, Medicaid Eligibility Manual Chapter M00 Appendix — Income Charts (effective 2026-07-01), with manual chapter M14 and transmittal M1480.231 Spousal Resource Standards (effective 1-1-26) | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-vt-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Department of Vermont Health Access — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-wa-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Washington State Health Care Authority, HCA 19-0096 (07/26) — Washington Apple Health Income and Resource Standards, July 1, 2026, with WAC 182-513-1363 | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-wi-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Wisconsin Department of Health Services, P-10063 (07/2026) Wisconsin Medicaid Spousal Impoverishment Protection, with P-10059 (01/2026) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Programs and P-10058 (01/2026) Divestment | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| medicaid-ltc-wv-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | West Virginia Department of Human Services — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| medicaid-ltc-wy-2026 | STATE-MEDICAID | Wyoming Department of Health, Division of Healthcare Financing — agency page identified 2026-08-02; the 2026 long-term-care eligibility figures could not be confirmed from this host | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ⚠ pending |
| ship-directory | STATE-SHIP | SHIP National Technical Assistance Center | 2026-01-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |
| va-burial-2026 | VA | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans burial allowance and transportation benefits, current rate tables | 2025-10-01 | 2026-08-03 | ✓ verified |
| va-mapr-2026 | VA | VA current pension rates for Veterans (effective December 1, 2025), with Survivors Pension rates from va.gov and the medical-expense deduction rule from 38 CFR 3.278 | 2025-12-01 | 2026-08-02 | ✓ verified |