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State's $412,000 Nursing Home Claim Wipes Out Family Inheritance
Original: Mom Went Into the Nursing Home at 84 and Died at 89. The State's $412,000 Estate Claim Was More Than the House Was Worth, and the Kids Got Nothing Either Way
A woman entered a nursing home at 84 and died there five years later, leaving her family with nothing from her estate. The state filed a $412,000 claim to recover the cost of her Medicaid-funded care — more than the value of her house. Under Medicaid estate recovery rules, her children received no inheritance either way, a scenario many families say feels punishing.
Why now: Stories of Medicaid estate recovery stripping families of inheritances strike a nerve as aging parents and long-term care costs become widespread concerns.
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