55 or older? New to Medicaid? Call your lawyer

[barbara]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

It's nothing new. When my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimers my Dads private insurance, Aetna IIRC, got her off the policy with blinding speed.



(I suppose that is just peachy with people who feel it's fine-n-dandy to get bent over and screwed by private interests.)



So, my older brothers were told the only way to proceed was to either self pay which is prohibitively expensive (We are not the Walton family.), or see that all of her assets disappear and sign her up for Medicaid.



Guess what we did?



And before you get started; Eat me. We're not going bankrupt because it satisfies anyone's twisted and goofy conservative values.



Dave

Bluestreak, I work in social services and, while I'm not a social worker, it is common knowledge in my office that people in similar situations as you described are counseled to give their assets to a trusted person so that they qualify for assistance. I remember during the botched Medicare reform roll out, married couples were advised to get legally divorced to be able to afford medical care.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by barbara

Bluestreak, I work in social services and, while I'm not a social worker, it is common knowledge in my office that people in similar situations as you described are counseled to give their assets to a trusted person so that they qualify for assistance. I remember during the botched Medicare reform roll out, married couples were advised to get legally divorced to be able to afford medical care.

I'm thinking that the government would consider hiding assets with a trusted friend to qualify for assistance to be fraud. Didn't Carol Mosley Braun get in all sorts of trouble for something like that? Divorce though? If you're divorced you're divorced, and that's your legal status. I don't think the government can call that fraud.

[piece-itpete]

Iirc Medicaid can reach back 5 years now and overturn your major transactions like your house.

Pete

[MrPots]

Hmmm.. seems to me the republican line would be "if you have a house, money or property to offer you shouldn't even be on public assistance such as medicade" ...eh?

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Iirc Medicaid can reach back 5 years now and overturn your major transactions like your house.

Pete

How would they do that? Say you sold your house, what about the folks who bought the house?

[piece-itpete]

I really don't remember. My former boss years ago told me a bunch back when his mom had to go on it.

Pete