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Should I Spend Down My Assets Before Applying for Medicaid?
Does spend-down of assets have to be completed before applying for Medicaid services?...
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Can Creditors Take Mom's Home for Her Credit Card Debt?
I have been living with and caretaking for my elderly mother for the past five years. She now needs long-term care and has recently qualified for Medicaid. The house is exempt from a Medicaid lien because I am on the...
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If We Sell Mom's Home, Will She Lose Medicare and Medicaid?
My mother is 93 years old, and we are selling her home. She is on Medicare and Medicaid. She will not be in a nursing home; I will care for her in my own home. Can I invest the proceeds...
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Mom's on Medicaid. Can She Use Home Equity Loan to Buy Car?
My mother would like to use a home equity loan to purchase a car. Will this affect her Medicaid status?...
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Will My Niece Will Be Without Financial Support?
My sister is 64 years old and is going to a nursing home because she has dementia. She receives Medicaid for health insurance, and she gets Social Security. She has a 20-year-old daughter living with her at her home. Will...
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Will All Dad's Income Have to Go to the Nursing Facility?
My father-in-law is currently in the hospital after some major heart issues. We've been told he needs to live in a skilled nursing facility. We were in the process of getting him Medicaid when this all happened, so now we...
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Can Estate Recovery Be Stopped Very Late in the Process?
Can estate recovery be stopped very late in the process (i.e., after the writ of entry has passed)?...
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Should Mom's Old Nursing Home Keep Her Social Security?
My mother's nursing home has redirected Social Security payments to them. If a resident of the nursing home leaves to return home, can the nursing home continue to take her Social Security, which is needed to pay mortgage and remain...
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