Medicaid can pay for long-term care if you meet its means-testing restrictions. The federal-state program is designed to help only people of limited financial means. However, people with more ...

Harry Margolis explains how Medicaid estate recovery works, why homes are at risk, and what families can do to protect assets ...

Medicaid is a state- and federally funded health program for lower-income persons of all ages. For applicants who fall into certain categories, Medicaid imposes specific rules on how much income and ...

A 64-year-old widow with $2.4 million in assets has a 35-year-old son with a developmental disability who depends on SSI and ...

Nearly one-quarter of older adults and people living with disabilities who are income-eligible for Medicaid may face barriers to enrollment due to caps on financial assets and home equity limits, ...

On February 23, 2014, the Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Services released a State Medicaid Directors Letter analyzing the application of Medicaid liens, estate recoveries, transfer-of-asset rules, ...

There is a widespread belief that seniors, in cahoots with shady lawyers and greedy children, hide their assets so they can receive Medicaid long-term care benefits. It turns out that this image—sort ...

Q. Is it possible for a married couple to somehow separate their assets so that if one of them ends up in a nursing home, the other's assets will not be tapped? Or are there other legal solutions to ...

Q. Without long-term care insurance, in addition to potentially depleting one's savings, are other assets, like one's home, also at risk should funds be needed to pay for long-term care?-- Planning ...

June 02, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Sawyer & Sawyer, P.A. has published a new caregiver-focused article, “Florida’s ...

When planning for the cost of long-term care, it is possible to preserve your estate for your children or other heirs while still relying on Medicaid to pay for your long-term care in a skilled ...