[3niner]

Isn't the issue, who's assets are they. Should the state be able to take the assets of all relatives to pay for someone's care?

In this case the assets were the patients'. They were transferred to the relatives to avoid losing them to the state, as partial payment for long term care.

[wmfights]

"In this case the assets were the patients'. They were transferred to the relatives to avoid losing them to the state, as partial payment for long term care."
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Since we're going to let the state decide to negate the transfer in this case what stops a govt. bureaucrat from reinterpreting the rules next time. Before you tell me it can't happen, the IRS does it all the time and the individual has to prove at his cost they are wrong.