This Daily Kos (Believe it or Not) article explains it more succinctly. Over 55 and use Medicaid then they can go after your estate.
That article was most informative. Thanks for the link.
Most of us geezers are well aware of the property liens and have put property into a trust.
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The kicker of it is, if you make the right amount to qualify for a subsidized health insurance plan, your costs are going to be shared and subsidized by the government. But if you go on Medicaid, you owe the entire amount that Medicaid spends on you from the day you turn 55.
This is the way they'll make people sign up for ObamaCare. A person who thinks they can wait until they get sick to sign up spends a month or two on medicaid when the 'unthinkable' happens and they lose everything. A month in a hospital can easily run into hundreds of thousands of dollars... Obama has targeted the working class person who doesn't have insurance because he can't afford it, but feels safe because if 'bad goes to worse' he can get on medicaid. Now that security blanket is gone... wait on health insurance, go on medicaid, and lose everything.
Interesting in a thuggy kind of way.
As they should.
people often spend down to get on medicaid...medicaid pays for everything, including all medications....
I see nothing wrong with going after the estate...