In Since Medicaid is a need-based program, there is a $2000 limit on countable assets for an individual. However, if you are married and you are applying for Medicaid, your spouse would be entitled to certain protections. One of them is the medicaid monthly maintenance needs allowance. ordinarily, most of your income would go toward the cost of your care, but things are different if your spouse is relying on the income.
Topics covered in this report include:
- Long-Term Care
- Medicaid to the Rescue
- Rights of the Healthy Spouse
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Barry D. Horowitz is a founding partner and president of the law firm of Nirenstein, Horowitz & Associates, P.C. He received his diploma from the Loomis Chaffee School and his Bachelor of Arts from Bennington College, where he dual majored in philosophy and music. Mr. Horowitz was awarded his Juris Doctor degree with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law. While attending law school, Mr. Horowitz received the American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Ethics and the Nathan Burkan Award...Read More!
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