States are becoming more aggressive about collecting reimbursement for Medicaid nursing home care, and families of deceased recipients are often stunned to discover that the state has laid claim to the family home, according to a recent article in The Christian Science Monitor. The article,
Introduction A person facing the prospect of long-term care with moderate income and assets may eventually have to rely on Medicaid to pay part or all of the cost of care. Medicaid planning, using a qualified elder law attorney, allows you to correct inequities in
For the first time since the program began in 1965, costs associated with Medicaid, a partnership between federal and state governments to provide health care to the impoverished, decreased by 1.4% according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This decrease is even more impressive –
The Bush administration’s Medicaid Commission, established in 2005 to study ways to "modernize" Medicaid, has released its final recommendations on the future of the federal health care program for low-income individuals who cannot pay for their own care. The commission’s proposals focus largely on long-term
President Bush today (February 8, 2006) signed into law the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which among other provisions places severe new restrictions on the ability of the elderly to transfer assets before qualifying for Medicaid coverage of nursing home care. The law extends Medicaid’s
States are becoming more aggressive about collecting reimbursement for Medicaid nursing home care, and families of deceased recipients are often stunned to discover that the state has laid claim to the family home, according to a recent article in The Christian Science Monitor. The article,
Introduction A person facing the prospect of long-term care with moderate income and assets may eventually have to rely on Medicaid to pay part or all of the cost of care. Medicaid planning, using a qualified elder law attorney, allows you to correct inequities in
For the first time since the program began in 1965, costs associated with Medicaid, a partnership between federal and state governments to provide health care to the impoverished, decreased by 1.4% according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This decrease is even more impressive –
The Bush administration’s Medicaid Commission, established in 2005 to study ways to "modernize" Medicaid, has released its final recommendations on the future of the federal health care program for low-income individuals who cannot pay for their own care. The commission’s proposals focus largely on long-term
President Bush today (February 8, 2006) signed into law the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which among other provisions places severe new restrictions on the ability of the elderly to transfer assets before qualifying for Medicaid coverage of nursing home care. The law extends Medicaid’s
