How to Qualify for Medicaid: Eligibility and Transfer Rules
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." ...
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Medicaid 101
In some states (called "income cap" states), Medicaid applicants who have excess income can qualify for Medicaid only if they put the excess in a special trust, called a "Miller" trust or a "Qualified Income Trust.
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Medicaid 101
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.
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Medicaid 101
When you move into an assisted living complex, you expect to spend the rest of your days there. However, many assisted living residents suddenly find themselves facing eviction from their homes when their health deteriorates. ...
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Medicaid 101
For many Medicaid applicants, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are one of their biggest assets.
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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
The "community spouse resource allowance" or CSRA assures that the spouses of Medicaid applicants will be able to keep at least some of the couple's assets. ...
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Medicaid 101
What if most of a couple's income is in the name of the institutionalized spouse and the income of the spouse living in the community is not enough to live on? Medicaid has created some protections.
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Medicaid 101
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...
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