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In reply to the discussion: You better understand that Medicaid may take all of your inheritance [View all]lostnfound
(16,179 posts)63. Actually there are filial support obligations that children have in most states
If a parent is indigent, they are obligated to pay for their care out of their own money
So I don't think a living true would protect against that.
Filial support laws haven't been enforced much, but I suspect that is going to change. It's the last reservoir of middle class wealth.
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egbertowillies
May 2017
OP
Secondary insurance in Medicare doesn't help you with nursing home bills paid by Medicaid.
pnwmom
May 2017
#43
I think any transfer of property has to be three years before death or it is included in...
northoftheborder
May 2017
#15
The look back is 5 years from the start of Medicaid eligibility in most states.
politicat
May 2017
#57
If he can show he took care of his Medicaid parents, he can probably retain the house. See:
WinkyDink
May 2017
#14
NJ exempts real estate that is the domicile of the person on Medicaid from reimbursement to spouses
Jersey Devil
May 2017
#29
Um...how would Medicaid be offered to one who could leave an inheritance? And if you mean house,
WinkyDink
May 2017
#12
You can get Medicaid based upon the severity of your illness and your lack of income
McCamy Taylor
May 2017
#16
"Under Medicaid law, following the death of the Medicaid recipient a state must attempt to recover
WinkyDink
May 2017
#18
Right -- that's the much bigger, scarier issue. And it's only some states now, but there's nothing
pnwmom
May 2017
#46
No, it is that Medicaid won't be available after you've spent $$ you thought would be inheritance
Justice
May 2017
#24
THIS is OP worthy- not the old rules we'd be lucky to keep. The 1/3 cut in Medicade
bettyellen
May 2017
#26
I don't have an issue with the required spend-downs, either. But there's a much worse possibility.
pnwmom
May 2017
#48
In most cases, don't really have a problem with that. Rather we have coverage that makes it moot. nt
Hoyt
May 2017
#34
Actually there are filial support obligations that children have in most states
lostnfound
May 2017
#63
Medicaid has always taken everything a person has when you go into a nursing home...which
Demsrule86
May 2017
#39