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Ilsa

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17. I'm very sorry for your situation.

Reply to HockeyMom (Original post)

Sat Jun 24, 2017, 06:18 PM

Jun 2017

It is already painful to see a family member go through this, and then experiencing how it affects the rest of you. Then the state and their restrictive financial rules are like getting an ice pick in the eye and a poker through the heart.

What also burns me up is that middle class and poor people have to grovel for care for a dignified passing, but the multimillion dollar assholes have the nerve to squawk about "the death tax."

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My 70 year old SIL with Dementia (Medicare & Medicaid) [View all] HockeyMom Jun 2017 OP

Repubs worship at the alter of wealth and power SHRED Jun 2017 #1

I am so sorry. FUCK THEM!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2017 #2

This is tragic and cilla4progress Jun 2017 #3

+++++++ agree, could happen to any of us iluvtennis Jun 2017 #12

I guess the gop Scarsdale Jun 2017 #13

It won't be cut immediately and elehhhhna Jun 2017 #4

4 children HockeyMom Jun 2017 #7

Michigan has a 5-year "look back" provision that will check for assets transferred within Purveyor Jun 2017 #10

Yes, their cousin told them that HockeyMom Jun 2017 #26

Different states have various look-back provisions, Ilsa Jun 2017 #16

I am so sorry for your family's situation. It is so heartbreaking. smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #5

What is there to say? Well put sharedvalues Jun 2017 #6

I am truly sorry for your family's woes...sending positive thoughts for you... Moostache Jun 2017 #8

Medicaid has a "look back" period. virgogal Jun 2017 #9

No GOP in heaven, fer sure benld74 Jun 2017 #11

Have they talked to any hospice organizations? csziggy Jun 2017 #14

Thanks so much for mentioning Hospice, csziggy. They are a godsend. nt Hekate Jun 2017 #18

They are - with all my family members they were so much help csziggy Jun 2017 #20

Yes, that is basically what they are trying to do HockeyMom Jun 2017 #27

It's odd that it is taking so long csziggy Jun 2017 #28

i hope they can help her. mopinko Jun 2017 #32

The GOP answer.. shut up and die.. mountain grammy Jun 2017 #15

I'm very sorry for your situation. Ilsa Jun 2017 #17

Not only grovel for a dignified passing NJCher Jun 2017 #22

One "positive" for your SIL is that Medicaid cuts don't really take effect for several years. Hoyt Jun 2017 #19

Very sad situation. Attorney-relatives marybourg Jun 2017 #21

If this travesty passes and is signed, acquaint yourselves with the term "filial responsibility". roamer65 Jun 2017 #23

Sorry to hear it, HockeyMom. roamer65 Jun 2017 #24

I am so sorry, HockeyMom. sheshe2 Jun 2017 #25

It is basically a Nightmare that will only get worse HockeyMom Jun 2017 #29

I am so heartsick! hamsterjill Jun 2017 #30

Medicaid exempts the house if a familial caregiver has cared for the patient for 2 years. Trust Buster Jun 2017 #31