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Get your GuideMy mom is going onto Medicaid and has a line of credit (not a HELOC) with a balance owed. What happens to that debt once she is in long term-care, with very little SSI, and cannot pay the debt? Is she required to pay any of it with the little bit of money she is spending down, prior to starting Medicaid?
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