[Graybeard58]

Why just try to recoup the money of those that were in nursing homes?

Because they aren't getting it from the deceased patients but from their heirs.

I do agree that they should go after all assets available from any patient. I pay my bills and tend to believe that everybody else should too.

[wmfights]

"I do agree that they should go after all assets available from any patient. I pay my bills and tend to believe that everybody else should too."
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My only concern is that the line of ownership doesn't get blurred. IOW, we aren't talking about the state having the power to take the assets of other relatives to pay for someone's care are we? As I read this, the house got taken because the son didn't bother to buy it from his dad and it was still in his father's name. If the son had purchased the house from the dad, for whatever price they agreed to, and transfered title the state would not have had a right to go after that property.