Question: My dad who is 81 years old has been ill for the entire summer, I want to try to get him in a position to qualify for MassHealth in the future. He owns a condo that is in a life estate [...]

Question: My mother-in-law lives on her own but requires my wife to visit regularly to help her with paying bills, groceries, medication, etc. She is on Medicare with Medicaid picking up some [...]

Question: My name and my dad’s name are on the deed to our house. He is going to a nursing home and will eventually go on Medicaid. Can they take the house from me? My name has been on the [...]

Question: Both my husband and myself are on Medicaid and over 55. Neither of us has received nursing home care or in home care but my husband is being treated for cancer. Will Medicaid take our [...]

Question: I have a friend who been divorced for more than 10 years. His ex-wife is now in a nursing home and her care is covered by Medicaid. My friend is living in her house and they would like [...]

Question: What if an unknown Medicaid estate recovery claim pops up, and the surviving spouse is not an explicit heir, but rather beneficiary of a testamentary trust? How does delayed recovery [...]

Question: I have been on expanded Medicaid for 3 years. I am 61 years old. Is expanded Medicaid still subject to estate recovery? If I go off Medicaid now and don’t die till I’m, say [...]

Question: Does Medicaid estate recovery only apply to those that are recipients of Medicaid? Response: Yes, but it might not always seem that way. Medicaid estate recovery only applies to the [...]

Question: If my parents have a revocable trust that gives life use to their home to my sister after they have passed and she cannot pay for the expenses (taxes, insurance etc) of maintaining the [...]

Question: Pursuant to a question you answered recently, I’d like a semantic clarification: the person had asked about Medicaid seeking reimbursement from the sale of his house. You said: [...]