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Get your GuideMy grandmother was in a nursing facility for several months before she died. I was not able to get her qualified for Medicaid because of her life insurance policy. As her granddaughter and power of attorney, am I responsible for paying when she had no funds in her bank account? (She only received Social Security benefi...
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