Um, unless I have a gross misunderstanding of Medicaid, I don’t see the problem as outlined by some.
Those receiving it are supposed to ‘spend down’ their assets; in this case the government is doing its job properly by going after remaining assets of the deceased to pay their debt.
The family shouldn’t be bitching (unless they’re lefties, who obviously feel entitled to everything).
I agree with you completely. This is a welfare program funded by taxpayers. If there are assets to recover after death, it should absolutely happen. I suspect this article is designed to shock the consequence of the uninformed masses as a way to usher in the idea of eliminating recovery programs.
“I don’t see the problem as outlined by some.”
The problem is that only about 1% of families are impacted because 99% of other families get legal help to avoid it.
It is a form of “disparate impact”.