Medicaide question?

Question

my mother is in a nursing home, her retirement check, s.s. check pays for her stay, with medicaide paying the rest. will she lose her house to pay back medicaide?

Answer 1

Yes.  

Medicaid is welfare.  It's fair that she uses her own assets first, before asking ME (and the other taxpayers) to pay for her care.   When she's out of assets, THEN we pick up the full tab.

Answer 2

Medicaid does have the right to put a lien on the house. Whether they will or not depends on the state and the situation. They will not take the house as long as there is a spouse or a disabled dependent child living there.