Question: I am 55, live in New Jersey and received Medicaid. I have a 14-year-old child living with me. I own a house. If one day I pass away, will the state seek estate recovery for the money I [...]

Question: In Texas, is there a way to shelter cash from the sale of non-exempt estate assets to avoid MERP, while the recipient is in the nursing home using the Medicaid benefit? As an example, [...]

Question: The attorney I retained has already cost me $2,500 ($1,000 retainer fee + additional charges) for emails, mostly, and a 1/2 hour conference call). I am 76, live alone, have 2 sons, own [...]

Question: My mom died and her house became mine through a transfer on death deed, which she had executed to avoid probate. Well, after she passed, I received a letter stating there was a Medicaid [...]

Question: We lived with my mother-in-law in her house for two years prior to her being a Medicaid recipient for adult day care for Alzheimer’s patients.  She never went into a nursing home [...]

Question: A woman is single and owns rental property. I understand that the rental property is an exempt asset for Medicaid eligibility purposes but that the income generated by such rental [...]

Question: My mother is 88 years old and she is in rehab right now. I would like to get her on Medicaid when she eventually moves to long-term care. My question is, we own a cottage and the deed [...]

Question: I am on Medicare and Medicaid for my health insurance. I would like to sell my home in New York and buy another in a different state. Will I have to reimburse Medicaid for the medical [...]

Question: I am a nurse who works as a case manager on a geriatric psychiatry unit in Everett, Massachusetts. I frequently have patients who need to go into a nursing home for long-term care from [...]

Question: Both of my parents living in their home. They have a reverse mortgage of about $250,000, but they have not borrowed the full amount. House is worth a lot because of the land but only [...]