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Retirement Assets and Medicaid Planning
Retirement assets (401ks, IRAs, etc) are considered available assets for purposes of Medicaid qualification in Michigan. In simple terms, that means that those funds have to be spent down until the th… more »
Michigan Elder Law & Estate Planning
Retirement Assets and Medicaid Planning
Jerrold Bartholomew wrote 3 months ago: Retirement assets (401ks, IRAs, etc) are considered available assets for purposes of Medicaid qualif … more »
Estate Recovery
Jerrold Bartholomew wrote 4 months ago: You have perhaps heard that Michigan passed a form of estate recovery in September of 2007, becoming … more »
Rapid Changes in Medicaid Law Require Constant Vigilance
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Jerrold Bartholomew wrote 4 months ago: An astounding thing happened during the fall of 2007. Michigan changed its Medicaid policy with resp … more »
Protecting the Homestead: Part 2
Jerrold Bartholomew wrote 4 months ago: Before the Deficit Reduction Act was signed in February of 2006, it was relatively easy for an elder … more »
Constant Change in Medicaid Eligibility Rules
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Jerrold Bartholomew wrote 4 months ago: When President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2006, the states began to implement that law … more »
Protecting the Homestead: Part 1
Jerrold Bartholomew wrote 4 months ago: When a single person goes to the nursing home for long term care, there are several obstacles to ove … more »
Medicaid Estate Recovery
gabrielheiser wrote 5 months ago: You’ve met with your elder law attorney, you’ve come up with a plan of action, time has … more »
Medicaid Estate Recovery: What to Do?
gabrielheiser wrote 5 months ago: Merely qualifying for Medicaid is not enough if upon your death your family will have to pay back th … more »
Medicaid Estate Recovery: Exceptions
gabrielheiser wrote 5 months ago: It’s not enough to qualify for Medicaid unless you also plan for the possibility of “est … more »
Medicaid - Should We Just Go Ahead and Sell the House?
gabrielheiser wrote 7 months ago: “My mother, who is a widow, has no savings but owns a home, valued at $200,000, and just enter … more »
