Medicaid estate recovety
My ladyfriend while on Medicaid was willed her mom's estate. She has cancer that may shorten her life. I have taken total care of her for three years. She received $19,000 from estate. She told me to put it in my account to help pay for her care past and future. Can Medicaid recover this money from me if she should demise?
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Re: Medicaid estate recovery
You should be more concerned with make your friend ineligible for Medicaid benefits. The transaction you have described, whereby you plan to place the funds in you bank account sounds more like a gift, than payment for past service. An inheritance is considered an available asset, which must be applied against her medical care. If this transaction were determined to be a �gift,� it would disqualify your friend for nearly seven months. Unless you can document fees for past service, or some other type of debt which is outstanding between the two of you, I would advise against this transaction.
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