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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More states are doing estate recovery after the person on Medicaid dies, meaning they come after the survivors for the thousands $ spent. If it’s trimmed down more states will do this. [/quote]

They don't come after the survivors, they come after the estate which if you read the medicaid forms and information that is part of the deal.  [/quote]

Some states have filial responsibility laws and that is not the same as the Medicaid “look back.” Google “Pennsylvania nursing home filial” and you will see that some entities come after family members.
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I cannot see how that is legal except if you sign the forms agreeing to.  My MIL nursing home tried to get me to sign papers saying we'd be on the hook for anything not covered and I said no.[/quote]

Yes, do not sign papers when the nursing home asks! Cooperate as much as you can, but do not sign the papers. I worked closely with the business office @ my dad’s nursing home, so they knew I was doing everything I could to get him qualified for Medicaid. He was rejected twice, but approved on the third round. [/quote]

Strange he was rejected twice in less there was money involved.  We had no issue getting qualified.[/quote]

So, my mom was still alive and the community spouse, so we didn’t need to divest everything (not that there was much, but she was allowed some savings. That can be a little more tricky in timing it all. The first time around: credit union didn’t disclose all of our parents’ accounts. Their paperwork was very haphazard and my mom didn’t really know how all the money had been divided into difference accounts. Second time around: I think the caseworker was a not very nice person. They gave no credible reasons, but it is what it is. I then hired a lawyer, using money out of my mom’s savings. Approved in record time. Even the lawyer said the second rejection was BS.[/quote]

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