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Medicaid Estate Recovery: State Claims $61,000 From Late Father's House

Original: Dad Was on Medicaid for Only Eight Months Before He Died. The State's Claim Against the House Was $61,000, Dollar for Dollar What It Had Paid the Nursing Home

A family says a state placed a $61,000 claim against a father's house after his death, matching dollar for dollar the eight months of Medicaid-funded nursing home care he received before dying. The case highlights the practice of Medicaid estate recovery, in which states seek reimbursement from deceased beneficiaries' estates, a policy many families only discover after a death.

Why now: Families are often shocked to learn Medicaid can recoup nursing home costs from a deceased person's home, and such personal accounts spark debate over the policy.

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• Dad Was on Medicaid for Only Eight Months Before He Died. The State's Claim Against the House Was $61,000, Dollar for Dollar What It Had Paid the Nursing Home · 24/7 Wall St.

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