Medicaid Planning

A reverse mortgage can be a great tool in the right circumstances, but if you aren't careful you could end up losing your home. . .

A recent Connecticut case highlights the risk to family members of nursing home residents who don't live up to their financial commitments . . . ...

The final budget deal Congress passed to avert the “fiscal cliff” repeals a long-term care insurance program that would have helped keep the elderly and disabled out of nursing homes and off the Medicaid rolls.  In its place, the budget...

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

The federal government is eliminating its most popular reverse mortgage.

Promissory notes can be a valuable tool in Medicaid planning, as illustrated by a recent federal district court case.

In order to qualify for Medicaid, you can't have more than $2,000 in assets (in most states). Many people forget about life insurance when calculating their assets, but depending on the type of life insurance and the value of the...

When one spouse is in a nursing home and applying for Medicaid, planning has to take into account the possibility that the spouse who is not in the nursing home (called the "community spouse") may pass away first.

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.