Becker's Healthcare March 18, 2024
Medicaid’s fund recovery practice is facing scrutiny as more families are forced to sell their homes after their loved one dies, The New York Times reported March 16.
In 1993, Congress mandated that when Medicaid beneficiaries older than 55 use long-term care services, states must try to recover the expenses from the beneficiaries’ estates after their death. Most states allow those beneficiaries to retain assets worth only $2,000, and although homes are exempt, many families still sell them to pay back Medicaid.
“It is the only public benefit program from the United States of America that requires states to seek to get money back,” Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky told the Times. She reintroduced a bill called the...
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