Late last month, there was a disturbing article in The New York Times regarding Medicaid and the protection of a spouse’s income and assets when the Medicaid beneficiary lives at home rather than in a nursing home. According to the article, one state Health Department spokesman said the following:
“They’re saying if you put your spouse in a nursing home, you’re going to get to keep more income than if you keep your spouse out of a nursing home,†said Mark L. Kissinger, deputy commissioner of long-term care for the state Health Department. “That’s completely opposite to public policy and research of the last 10 years.â€
It makes me wonder if the Feds are going to pay for the bank bailouts by further impoverishing the poor, but don’t get me started on that!
