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Transition to Nursing Home / Medicaid

Negative Inheritance?

by Jerrold Bartholomew March 5, 2008

A negative inheritance is a net loss of assets arising from the cost of caring for elderly members of one’s family. The cost of care is increasing rapidly, but that is simply a measure of the time and labor intensive nature of caring for the elderly. For some families, particularly those most devoted to [...]

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Protecting the Homestead: Part 2

by Jerrold Bartholomew March 4, 2008

Before the Deficit Reduction Act was signed in February of 2006, it was relatively easy for an elder law attorney or a well-informed layperson to set aside money to pay for the upkeep of a nursing home patient’s homestead. A simple contract could be created and assets transferred to a responsible relative who would pay [...]

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Constant Change in Medicaid Eligibility Rules

by Jerrold Bartholomew March 1, 2008

When President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2006, the states began to implement that law through a steady patchwork of regulations. Michigan issued revisions to Medicaid qualification rules on a quarterly basis throughout 2007 and there is no reason to think that this pace will slow down in 2008. I will be posting [...]

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