Archive for the Medicaid Category

Six (6) Common Myths About Medicare and Medicaid’s Long-Term Care Coverage

Recently, news coverage has primarily focused on Medicare, while giving very little attention to Medicaid. However, Medicaid remains to be a mystery to many people. Medicaid is the largest source for funding nursing home care, but there are many questions about who can qualify and what coverage […]

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Transfer of House to Trust – Make Sure You Have A Lease Too!!

Many of our clients choose to transfer their homes to a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust. They do this because they want to start the clock ticking on Medicaid’s five (5) year ineligibility period caused by gifting of assets. This is only one part of the over-arching plan […]

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Transfer of House From Trust to Husband Subjects Wife to Penalty Period

Transfer of House From Trust to Husband Subjects Wife to Penalty Period Williams v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Family Servs., 2012-Ohio-4659 In a recent decision, an Ohio appeals court ruled that the transfer of a house from a revocable trust benefiting the husband to the husband’s […]

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