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Medicaid: A Lifeline for the Middle Class
According the Long Term Care Community Coalition, many people are unaware of the vital support Medicaid provides to millions of middle class families. Here are few areas in which Medicaid provides...
View ArticleMedicaid Planning – A Nursing Home’s Perspective
There is a common misconception that Medicaid planning is not in the best interests of nursing homes. After all, the longer the resident privately pays the nursing home – at $8000 or more per month –...
View ArticleUpdated Medicaid Rules
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recently released its updated Medicaid rules and there have been some slight increases to the minimum and maximum income limits that a community...
View ArticleHow Medicaid Caps Would Impact States
The health care debate has been in large part characterized by rhetoric and misinformation with little discussion on how the House’s American Health Care Act would actually impact states. The...
View ArticleIncrease in the Guardian/Conservator Deduction
The Department of Health and Human Services released a proposed policy change to increase the deduction allowed a Medicaid recipient’s patient pay amount for a guardianship/ conservatorship fee....
View ArticleWhat Does it Mean to Specialize in Elder Law?
I’m often asked if I specialize in elder law. Not only do I answer “yes”, I typically try to explain the reason for my answer. While there are many attorneys who claim to be elder law attorneys,...
View ArticleMedicaid Expansion Not Sustainable
Medicaid was originally designed to provide health insurance for disabled people. However, the Affordable Care Act (i.e. “Obamacare”) significantly expanded the program to include able-bodied adults....
View ArticleInnovation for Medicaid and Medicare
Seema Verna, an administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently wrote an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal. Verna discusses the financial problems facing both Medicare...
View ArticleWill My Trust Protect My Assets?
Protecting assets from nursing home expenses is an issue that I am frequently asked about. Sometimes it may arise after a heart attack, stroke or other concern. Other times it may arise after a loved...
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Updated Medicaid Figures for 2018
In past issues of Elder Law Today, we have explained how the Medicaid laws work for married couples when one spouse needs nursing home care. The Spousal Impoverishment Provisions make it clear that the...
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