• Medicaid's Power to Recoup Benefits Paid: Estate Recovery and Liens

• • Clay County
  • Duval County
  • Elder Law
  • Estate Planning
  • Florida
  • Florida First Coast
  • Jacksonville
  • Julington Creek
  • Medicaid
  • Medicaid Estate Recovery
  • Orange Park
  • Seniors
  • St. Augustine
  • St. Johns County
• 4 years ago
• Federal law requires the state to attempt to recover the long-term care benefits from a Medicaid recipient's estate after the recipient's death. If steps aren't taken to protect the Medicaid recipient's house, it may need to be sold to settle the claim. For Medicaid recipients age 55 or older... [read more]