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In reply to the discussion: You better understand that Medicaid may take all of your inheritance [View all]WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)17. I went to a vaunted local ECL, and her best advice was to
somehow get the VA to pay something towards my mother's (vet's widow) care. Uh, no. The VA wasn't having it.
There is, in my experience, no truly legal way for a person WITH assets to HIDE those assets from the govt to get funds for nursing homes, home nursing care, or LTC---not beyond Medicare's 100 days or Medicaid's asset depletion.
Transferring monies to beneficiaries to avoid their, the assets', finding is asking for trouble. There's a 5-year window of opportunity; less than that time-frame, and it looks like a ploy.
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You better understand that Medicaid may take all of your inheritance [View all]
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