Yepster.
Is the estate recovery policy really anything like Communism, though? The individual or couple (after they die, usually) is paying back the state for what the state (taxpayers) spent on them. Which is, in effect, paying back the taxpayers, since the recovered funds are then used for current expenses.
Looks like my estate, if anything is left, will be subject to this — which makes me queasy — but I can see the morally responsible argument for doing so.