[Aliska]

That can be avoided by trusts.

I'll wager a lot of Medicaid recipients don't know that. I need a trust for a different reason, but they are complicated, and need to be drawn up by an attorney who specializes in it in addition to a will and medical power of attorney or whatever else.

[Mears]

I had an attorney take care of that type of thing 10 years ago.

The look-back period for Medicaid in MA is 5 years and it varies from state to state.

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