While the house may not need to be sold to qualify a Medicaid applicant for benefits, state Medicaid agencies will likely place a lien on any real estate owned by a Medicaid recipient during their lifetime. The state can't impose a lien if a spouse, a disabled or blind child, a child ...
state may place a lien on the Medicaid beneficiary’s property. With certain exceptions, federal law generally prohibits states from imposing Medicaid liens on the property of living beneficiaries. In contrast, federal law permits Medicaid liens ...
Even though a personal residence does not count as an asset for determining your eligibility for Medicaid, the Department of Social Services can still place a lien on it after your death, so that the house would have to be sold to satisfy the lien instead of going to your heirs as an in...
The state cannot impose a lien if a spouse, a disabled or blind child, a child under age 21, or a sibling with an equity interest in the house is living there. If a lien is placed on the Medicaid recipient’s property and it is sold while the recipient is alive, they may no longe...
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The new law also gave states the right to place a lien on awards or settlements. From 2013 Onward Since 2013, the American Association for Justice (AAJ) (formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association) has fought to eliminate the provision. It managed to twice delay implementation of the n...
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