Q: Once I qualify for Medicaid, will the quality of care I receive be substandard? A: No. It is illegal for a facility to discriminate against someone receiving Medicaid benefits. By law, Medicaid patients are to receive the same level of care as private-pay residents. Q: Is a married couple always required to spend down one-half of their …
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Basics of Medicaid: What you can keep and what you cannot
In order to understand Medicaid qualification, you first need to know how Medicaid treats your assets. Basically, Medicaid breaks your assets down into two separate categories. The first are those assets which are exempt and the second are those assets which are non-exempt or countable. Exempt assets are those which Medicaid will not take …
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