Medicaid Rules

Nursing home residents do not automatically have to sell their homes in order to qualify for Medicaid, but that doesn't mean the house is completely protected.

Elderlaw 101

Medicaid (called "Medi-Cal" in California, "MassHealth" in Massachusetts, and "TennCare" in Tennessee) is a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to low-income children, seniors, and people with disabilities.

Elderlaw 101

Many middle-income people have too much money to qualify for Medicaid but can't afford a pricey long-term care insurance policy. ...

Elderlaw 101

There are circumstances in which transferring a house will not result in a Medicaid penalty period, and one of those is if the Medicaid applicant transfers the house to a "caretaker child."  ...

Elderlaw 101

Traditionally, Medicaid has paid for long-term care in a nursing home, but because most individuals would rather be cared for at home and home care is cheaper, all 50 states now have Medicaid programs that offer at least some home...

Elderlaw 101

Many Americans believe insurance will cover their nursing home needs, according to a new study from the Kaiser Fami...

Newspaper columnist Jim Miller has written a book packed with resources and basic, need-to-know information on a broad range of topics of vital interest to seniors.

A nursing home in Altoona, Iowa, is restricting a husband's visits to his wife, who is a resident at the facility, a...

The New York Times Magazine ethics column ("The Ethicist") recently featured a question from a man who had in...