Medicaid has another surprise... if a parent is on it and has to go to a nursing home, or has large medical bill, when they pass away, next of kin will be required to pick up these tabs, or if parents have assets, they will be gone as well to pay for these incurred expenses,
Nothing in my state's administrative code requires "next of kin" to contribute to Medicaid Estate Recovery. The only exception would be if an asset was illegally passed and concealed (within the Medicaid "lookback" window) to that relative.