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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.
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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.