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Medicaid eligibility in Kansas

The 2026 poverty guideline for four people in Kansas is $33,000. Kansas has not adopted the full Medicaid expansion. We do not guess the adult cutoff. Children and pregnant people still have a path. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Simple answer

Full adult Medicaid expansion is not in place here.

Kansas has not fully expanded Medicaid. We do not guess the adult cutoff. Children and pregnant people still have a path.

Who is inside Medicaid or CHIP on the rules we can verify? A household of four is measured against $33,000. Kansas has not adopted the full ACA Medicaid expansion.

The largest 2-bedroom Fair Market Rent gap among ranked metros in Kansas is $503: Kansas City at $1,546 and Wichita at $1,043.

Kansas taxes wages at rates up to 5.58%. Combined state and local sales tax is 8.7%. The ACS effective property tax rate is 1.25%.

A household of four with $48,000 of income is about 145 percent of the $33,000 poverty guideline and is a maybe for Medicaid and CHIP. Maybe — a state pathway is unverified or only part of the household fits.

Limits behind the page

2026 poverty guideline in Kansas
Household100%138%185%
1$15,960$22,025$29,526
2$21,640$29,863$40,034
3$27,320$37,702$50,542
4$33,000$45,540$61,050

An illustrative household

Two adults, ages 34 and 32, filing jointly, plus children ages 8 and 3. Gross income $48,000 a year, about 145 percent of the poverty guideline in Kansas. They rent. Nobody is marked disabled or pregnant.

Medicaid and CHIP

Maybe

Maybe — a state pathway is unverified or only part of the household fits

  • This household is at 145 percent of the 2026 poverty guideline for Kansas ($33,000). 138 percent of that guideline is $45,540.
  • Children above 138 percent of poverty may still qualify for CHIP. The CHIP ceiling in Kansas is not verified in the dataset.
  • Kansas has not adopted the ACA expansion. Parent Medicaid limits are state-specific and are not verified here, so parents are a maybe rather than a no.
See Medicaid and CHIP on HealthCare.gov

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Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Kansas

Last checked: October 15, 2026

Sources

What changed
  • October 15, 2026. The benefit rules file was checked against the sources listed here.
  • January 15, 2026. HHS published the 2026 poverty guidelines in the Federal Register.

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