Medicaid Planning Strategies

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.

Medicaid 101

The federal government is eliminating its most popular reverse mortgage.

Federal Medicaid law states that the community spouse can keep all of his or her assets by simply refusing to support the institutionalized spouse. ...

Medicaid 101

After a Medicaid recipient dies, the state must attempt to recoup whatever benefits it paid for the recipient's care from their estate. There are steps you can take to protect your home from estate recovery.

Medicaid 101

Nursing home residents do not automatically have to sell their homes in order to qualify for Medicaid, but that doesn't mean it's completely protected. A lien can be placed on the house to recover costs after you die.

Medicaid 101

While Medicare gets most of the news coverage, Medicaid still remains a bit of mystery to many people.

While in large part people who purchase long-term care insurance and those who plan to qualify for Medicaid coverage of long-term care costs fall into separate groups, there are at least two situations where they overlap.

Medicaid 101

Determining the best time to buy long-term care insurance can help you manage your finances effectively as you prepare for the future.

Medicaid 101

A number of considerations go into how much long-term care insurance you should buy to cover nursing home costs and related health care expenses. Policy coverage and length of protection will vary affecting the cost.

Medicaid 101