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3. Correct. I'm not exactly sure what the changes are that are being discussed.

Reply to leftofcool (Reply #1)

Tue May 24, 2016, 02:11 PM

May 2016

It seems to be connected to mandatory medicaid enrollment. But the fact is, most people who end up on Medicaid in a nursing home have no other options. There has always been a claw-back of assets after death in this case.

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American Scandal, Obamacare, Medicaid, and their Stripping of Assets from Poor People [View all] Baobab May 2016 OP

This has always been the way leftofcool May 2016 #1

Correct. I'm not exactly sure what the changes are that are being discussed. enough May 2016 #3

NO other country does that Baobab May 2016 #5

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Taking your assets before you qualify for nursing home care, My Good Babushka May 2016 #4

they imprison children who "take milk"? Baobab May 2016 #6

I just read this today! My Good Babushka May 2016 #7