It is not beyond the realm of possibility for this government! It would make sense. You can’t afford ObamaCare due to income, so they move you to Medicaid/Medicare where there are already provisions for confiscating your wealth.
Positively diabolical.
The goal of Communism is to destroy the middle class through job loss and getting them hooked on government.
“It is not beyond the realm of possibility for this government! It would make sense. You can’t afford ObamaCare due to income, so they move you to Medicaid/Medicare where there are already provisions for confiscating your wealth.”
If your on medicaid your not eligible for obamacare...
From Medicaid.gov
State Medicaid programs must recover certain Medicaid benefits paid on behalf of a Medicaid enrollee. For individuals age 55 or older, states are required to seek recovery of payments from the individual’s estate for nursing facility services, home and community-based services, and related hospital and prescription drug services. States have the option to recover payments for all other Medicaid services provided to these individuals, except Medicare cost-sharing paid on behalf of Medicare Savings Program beneficiaries.
So they can certainly put a lien on your property to pay for Medicaid coverage and assisted living costs if paid by Medicaid.
From HHS
Highlights of the 1993 Estate Recovery Mandate:
States must pursue recovering costs for medical assistance consisting of:
Nursing home or other long-term institutional services;
Home- and community-based services;
Hospital and prescription drug services provided while the recipient was receiving nursing facility or home- and community-based services; and
At State option, any other items covered by the Medicaid State Plan.
At a minimum, states must recover from assets that pass through probate (which is governed by state law). At a maximum, states may recover any a
In this list, it may mean they can put a lien against your home for “other items covered by the state medicaid plan”. And it certainly could mean that they could put a lien on the property to recover hospital costs.