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In reply to the discussion: State Medicaid offices target dead people's homes to recoup their health care costs [View all]Goodheart
(5,351 posts)11. I'm speaking from experience.
My father used Medicaid to stay in a nursing home for almost eight years. There he received much more than medical treatment. He had meals, lodging, recreation, and attention he couldn't have gotten on his own at home.
He signed up with the full knowledge that his house would be taken to pay for those things. And as one of his children I didn't mind that I would lose an inheritance... I cared that he got the nursing home he needed.
Should all of it have been free? I don't think so. The medical part, sure... the rest, no.... I'm not yet at the stage where I think the government should pay for EVERYTHING in life.
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State Medicaid offices target dead people's homes to recoup their health care costs [View all]
dalton99a
Mar 16
OP
Yes we do. In states that allow Medicaid it's a requirement to pay back from the estate.
jimfields33
Mar 16
#20
Good point about compensation for family caregivers. Not sure what requirements should be, but it's doable.
Silent Type
Mar 17
#26
If she goes into care in less than five years I think (nursing home), she will still lose the House.
Demsrule86
Mar 17
#65
I think some states might take one's home if there is no reasonable chance they will
Silent Type
Mar 17
#28