Can the Texas Medicaid Estate Recovery Program Take My Land?
Jul 9, 2025 · What is MERP? The Texas Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) allows the state to seek repayment from the estate of a deceased person who received Medicaid long …
Medicaid Estate Recovery and Medicaid Payback Rules
Dec 13, 2012 · Who Does the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) Affect? For Medicaid recipients ages 55 or older, states must seek recovery of payments from their estate for the …
Protecting Your House from Medicaid Estate Recovery
Mar 18, 2025 · Giving up the life estate will likely be considered a transfer and your father could be subject to a Medicaid penalty period. A life estate is a good way to protect a house from …
Can Joint Tenancy Protect Against Medicaid Recovery?
Dec 16, 2025 · Joint Tenancy With Right of Survivorship: A Partial, State-Dependent Shield From Medicaid Recovery Maybe, but it’s not a guarantee, and it depends heavily on your state’s …
New law: Allows Medicaid to seek estate recovery from the estate of a Medicaid recipient and the estate of the recipient’s spouse. Because the change is not prospective, recovery can be …
What Is a Miller Trust? - ElderLawAnswers
Jan 14, 2015 · The Miller trust can pay the Medicaid recipient a small personal needs allowance, and the trust can also be used to pay the recipient's spouse a monthly allowance. Any …
Key State Medicaid Information for Rhode Island - ElderLawAnswers
Assets Are IRAs and other retirement plans protected (noncountable)? Yes State’s resource limit for Medicaid recipients: $4,000.00
Key State Medicaid Information for Louisiana - ElderLawAnswers
Medicaid information for LouisianaProtections for the Community Spouse Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA): $157,920.00 Increased CSRA: Permitted, Louisiana folows the …
Tax on Capital Gains When Selling Home After Spouse's Death
Apr 12, 2022 · Takeaways Surviving spouses can exclude up to $500,000 of capital gains from the sale of their main residence if they sell within two years of their spouse’s death. The cost …
Will Medicaid Costs I Incurred Before 55 Be Part of My Lien?
Sep 8, 2025 · If I started using Medicaid at age 21 and stopped at age 40, are those years of Medicaid costs part of my lien costs when I pass?