And that is the crux of the problem here between the two groups of thought. One group thinks Medicaid costs (indigently claimed I might add) should be recouped if there are assets.
The other group thinks it's okay to not take care of your parents, hide income and assets, and then to receive that wealth after they die - screw the taxpayer they so loudly declaim they are part of.
Thank you for pointing out that many do not have any sense of responsibility toward their family-if they did, we probably would not even be discussing how best to throw mamma off the train/into the death home, not be bothered with her and keep her stuff.
We don’t do that in my large, latino family-some may think it is weird, but we consider it the Christian thing to take care of our family members if need be-I must have missed the part of Jesus’ teachings where he said to warehouse your relatives when they became inconvenient to your lifestyle. I have zero empathy for that attitude, never mind having been a case manager in a former life.
If you put your relatives out of sight and mind because you don’t want to be bothered, you deserve the bill for the misery you have caused them in later life, not to mention whatever misfortune the Almighty sends you-and to top it off, you are feeding the government beast. Flame away if you like-that is my belief...
I do distinguish this from medicare, which everybody is forced to use, and which we supposedly paid for during our working years.