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.