Number: RL33593
Title: Medicaid Coverage for Long-Term Care: Eligibility, Asset Transfers, and Estate Recovery
Authors: Julie Stone, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report provides an explanation of Medicaid's current eligibility, asset transfer, and estate recovery rules. A policy discussion of the potential implications of these rules follows. Appendix 1 provides a summary of DRA's provisions concerning asset transfers, eligibility, and estate recovery. Appendix 2 summarizes the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) rules concerning countable and non-countable assets, often used by states for Medicaid eligibility purposes.
Pages: 45
Date: Updated January 31, 2008