Can SSI/Medicare/Medical/Hud Section 8 look for repayments of benefits paid to date, when I am no longer eligible for benefits going forward?

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You seem to be doing everything right, and there is no reason to worry about repayment to any of these agencies or programs. As long as you legitimately qualified when you were receiving assistance, there is no obligation to repay any of these programs if and when your income goes up and you no longer qualify. The only possible exception to this is Medi-Cal, but only under very limited circumstances, which are that you were over the age of 55 and already owned a home when you received long-term nursing home or home care coverage from them; this rule does NOT apply to regular Medi-Cal coverage for medical care. If you already owned a home and had received such long-term care, Medi-Cal could place a lien against the existing home for repayment of those costs. But since you did not own a home at the time you received Medi-Cal coverage (and it doesn't sound like you received long-term residential care anyway), this wouldn't apply to you.

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