States go after estates to recoup Medicaid cost of care from families
Demands for repayment of Medicaid spending can drain the assets a person leaves behind, depending on where they lived.
Source: desmoinesregister.com
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Demands for repayment of Medicaid spending can drain the assets a person leaves behind, depending on where they lived.
Fran Ruhl's family received a startling letter from the Iowa Department of Human Services four weeks after she died in January 2022.
Depending on where they lived, demands for repayment can drain the assets that a patient on Medicaid leaves behind after they die. Iowa aggressively collects "clawback" funds.