Medicaid Planning Strategies
For many Medicaid applicants, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are one of their biggest assets. If you do not plan properly, IRAs can count as an available asset and affect Medicaid eligibility requirements.
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Medicaid 101
When one member of a couple moves to a nursing home, we expect that spouse will be the first to die, but this isn’t always the case. What happens if a Medicaid recipient's spouse dies first?...
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Medicaid 101
When one spouse qualifies for Medicaid to pay for a nursing home stay, the spouse who is at home is often left without many resources.
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Medicaid 101
Navigating the Medicaid application process can be complicated, especially if you are applying for long-term care benefits. Having an attorney help you through the process can be extremely helpful. ...
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Medicaid 101
You may have heard that transferring assets, or helping someone to transfer assets, to achieve Medicaid eligibility is a crime. Is this true? ...
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Medicaid 101
Do you need an attorney for even "simple" Medicaid planning? This depends on your situation, but in most cases, the prudent answer would be "yes." ...
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Medicaid 101
While reverse mortgages may look like no-lose propositions on the surface, they also have some significant downsides. ...
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Elderlaw 101
Reverse mortgages make it possible for house-rich but cash-poor elders to use their home equity to pay for in-home care services while they remain in the home. They may use the money for anything they need.
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Medicaid 101
Federal Medicaid law states that the community spouse can keep all of his or her assets by simply refusing to support the institutionalized spouse. ...
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Medicaid 101