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Medicaid Estate Recovery and Medicaid Payback Rules
Under Medicaid law, a state must attempt to recover benefits it paid for health care following the death of a Medicaid rec...
Read moreWhen Does Medicaid Estate Recovery Apply?
- July 15th, 2024
Q
If at a different time in your life, you received Medicaid as your insurance, as you get older, will this be held against you? Will Medicaid take from your estate just for having Medicaid insurance?
A
Medicaid estate recovery is only for benefits paid after age 55 or for nursing home care at any age. So, if the Medicaid coverage was before the individual reached age 55, there will be no claim upon their death.
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Harry S. Margolis practices elder law, estate, and special needs planning in Boston and Wellesley, Massachusetts. He is the founder of ElderLawAnswers.com and answers consumer questions about estate planning issues here and at AskHarry.info.