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 May Nursing Home Resident Give House to Spouse Without Medicaid Transfer Penalty?
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By Harry Margolis
In Long-Term Care Planning
Posted February 3, 2023

May Nursing Home Resident Give House to Spouse Without Medicaid Transfer Penalty?

Question: Can you tell me if the exception for Medicaid applies between spouses to transfer the home, when one spouse does not live in the home but is not legally separated and is the healthy [...]

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 Can I Divorce My Husband So He Can Get Medicaid Coverage of His Nursing Home Care?
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By Harry Margolis
In Long-Term Care Planning
Posted November 13, 2020

Can I Divorce My Husband So He Can Get Medicaid Coverage of His Nursing Home Care?

Question: I would like to try and provide proper care for my spouse. My question is: Is there anything in Medicaid criteria that would prevent me from divorcing my spouse so that he can qualify [...]

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 Will Medicaid Have a Claim on Deceased Spouse’s Assets Passing to Child?
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By Harry Margolis
In Long-Term Care Planning
Posted June 29, 2020

Will Medicaid Have a Claim on Deceased Spouse’s Assets Passing to Child?

Question: My mom died without receiving any Medicaid to help pay for her nursing home. She paid everything from her own money. She was a widow for 25 years before she remarried at the age of 72. [...]

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By Harry Margolis
In Long-Term Care Planning
Posted August 11, 2017

Spousal Refusal or “Just Say No”

Federal Medicaid law permits the community spouse to keep all of his or her assets even if they exceed the standard spousal allowance of $130,380 (in 2021) by simply refusing to support the [...]

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