With Medicare clawback, the heirs do.
Of course, importing millions of illegals - also using our tax dollars - and putting them immediately on Medicaid does tend to dry up the pie for all of those who have paid the tax for their entire working lives.
Social security and Medicare - the third rail for politicians, until they can get enough voters to change the rules for them.
I think it was just yesterday there was a big clawback article about Ohio. If there are any assets after death, the government can make a claim against them.
This is about Medicaid, not Medicare. Big difference.
Medicaid is welfare.
If “heirs” are trying to dump grandma on the taxpayer while making off with her stuff, I’d say “clawback” is exactly the right thing to do.