This article reports that the AARP Public Policy Institute has released a policy document titled "Medicaid Estate Recovery: A 2004 Survey of State Programs and Practices." The document finds that several U.S. states are increasing efforts to recover...
Expanded Estate Recovery Note that some states also opt to seek recovery against property in which the Medicaid recipient had an interest but that passes outside of probate. This is called “expanded” estate recovery and may include jointly held assets, assets in a living trust, orlife estates...
Medicaid: Recoveries From Nursing Home Residents' Estates Could Offset Program Costs This report discusses the potential for estate recovery programs to help offset state and federal Medicaid nursing home costs while removing an inequity in... Nix, W. D - U.S. General Accounting Office, P.O. ...
If you are over the age of 55, your estate may be subject to estate recovery upon your death under some circumstances, but a Medicaid trust still minimizes a chance of recovery If the Medicaid trust is a Special Needs Trust that is made with the beneficiary’s own assets, it will require...
(which would otherwise disqualify them from SSI and/or Medicaid), the use of the pooled community trust may be of significant advantage to them. Depending on the facts for each disabled person, they may be able to receive the inheritance, settlement, recovery and/or excess income while ...
This article reports that the AARP Public Policy Institute has released a policy document titled "Medicaid Estate Recovery: A 2004 Survey of State Programs and Practices." The document finds that several U.S. states are increasing efforts to recover money from the estates of long-term care ...