The Christian Science Monitor last week examined how federally mandated Medicaid estate-recovery programs "have produced confusion, anger and even lawsuits." According to the Monitor, some states are becoming more aggressive in claiming Medicaid beneficiaries' estates after their deaths. States often "target the home because it's all that's left after beneficiaries have spent their assets to pay for nursing home care," the Monitor reports.
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