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Recent Decision By Director Of Medicaid Shows Continuing Hostility Toward Annuities As A Medicaid Planning Tool
As I had reported in my March 4, 2009 post, found here, a New Jersey administrative law judge (?ALJ?) in the E.F. v. DMAHS case had held that an annuity purchased by a community spouse with retirement assets from the community spouse?s IRA was exempt in determining the institutional spouse?s nursing home Medicaid eligibility...

Medicaid: Thousands of Medicaid Providers Abuse the Federal Tax System
Medicaid: Thousands of Medicaid Providers Abuse the Federal Tax System is the title of a new report from the Government Accountability Office...

2008 Actuarial Report on Financial Outlook of Medicaid: Medicaid Spending Projected To Rise Much Faster Than Economy
News release: "Under current law, spending on Medicaid is expected to substantially outpace the rate of growth in the U.S...

Does A Disabled Child Receiving SSI And Medicaid Remain Eligible For Medicaid After Beginning To Receive SSD Under A Parent?s Work Record?
The following excerpt is taken from a discussion between elderlaw attorneys recently posted on a listserv (or electronic bulletin board) in New Jersey: Q...

Medicaid Applicant Denied Fair Hearing After Her Power of Attorney Waited Too Long to Appeal Denial of Medicaid Application
A New Jersey appeals court recently determined that a Medicaid applicant is not entitled to a fair hearing to appeal the state’s assessment of a one-month penalty period because her representative waited more than three months after the decision to request the hearing...

New administrative law case disallows any reduction in a Medicaid penalty period based upon the return of gifted assets after a Medicaid application is filed
In E.S. vs. Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, petitioner, a 91 year old nursing home resident, transferred $42,053 to her son after paying the nursing home privately from her savings for two years...

If my grandmother and grandfather goes into a nursing home, once medicare and medicaid pay their part, will they lose their home and everything that is in their names to pay for the nursing home costs?
i went through this a few years ago when my grandmother passed away. after medic...

If my stepmother goes on Medicaid, can they take my father's house and assets if they have been separated for many years but are still legally married (NJ)?
if medicaid up there is the same as in sc, they willnot take the houses. medicai...