Medicaid

What happens if I don’t fund my Qualified Income Trust?

Qualified Income Trusts (also known as Miller Trusts or a QIT) are necessary when the Medicaid applicant has more gross…

2 months ago

What is a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust?

People often visit us and ask about using a trust to protect assets in the event they go to a…

3 months ago

Trusts and Medicaid: Protecting Assets

People regularly ask us whether they should use a trust to protect assets in case they go to a nursing…

6 months ago

New Video on Medicaid Eligibility

On September 17, 2023, David L. McGuffey recorded a video for ezelderlaw.com regarding Financial Eligibility for Georgia Medicaid in 2023.…

1 year ago

KFF Reports 3,816,000 Medicaid Recipients Have Been Dis-enrolled as of 7-28-2023

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) recently updated its Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker. The tracker was originally published on May…

1 year ago

More than 600,000 Lose Medicaid Since April 1, 2023

On June 1, 2023, KFF Health news reported that more than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections…

1 year ago

Is Life Insurance Subject to Medicaid Estate Recovery Claims?

The short answer is "no." Although the Department of Community Health takes a contrary position, Georgia law does not support…

4 years ago

Supreme Court to hear case on Trump’s push for Medicaid work requirements

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over the Trump administration’s push for Medicaid work requirements, though the issue could…

4 years ago

Backdoor filial responsibility in Georgia

Filial responsibility is a name given to laws that make third parties (usually adult children) responsible for support for indigent…

8 years ago

2017 Spousal Impoverishment Standards

CMS has published the 2017 Spousal Impoverishment Standards at: https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/eligibility/downloads/spousal-impoverishment/2017-ssi-and-spousal-impoverishment-standards.pdf

8 years ago