i tend to agree with you, but if he comes into a sudden windfall, say a winning lottery ticket, or successful lawsuit, why shouldn’t the taxpayers get their money back?
the lawsuit is supposedly for damages, and it’s the taxpayers who are damaged. sounds like the family might be looking =for a windfall of their own.
Offsetting claims... Medicare/Medicaid is supposedly an equal opportunity estate biller.
They may be but it’s a rare case indeed where a decedent has suddenly become wealthy just prior to their death. The bureaucrats don’t care, they just fill out the proper forms and follow the laws as written, whether they are insipid or not.....................