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Medicaid Law

Folks without Medicare or private health insurance may be able to get on Medicaid, which helps pay medical costs for financially needy people. If you have a low income and few assets other than your home, you may qualify for assistance from your state’s Medicaid program. Medicaid will pay for doctor visits, hospital costs, and long-term nursing home care.

If you have too high an income or too many assets to be eligible for Medicaid, you may still qualify for one of several Medicaid-administered programs to help you meet medical costs: Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB), or Qualifying Individual (QI).

If you're on Medicare, you know that Medicare pays for only about half of a person's medical costs. If you can't afford medigap insurance or a Medicare Advantage plan, Medicaid can pay for Medicare premiums, deductibles, and copayments, and it also covers some services Medicare does not.

Medicaid is a program that provides very low-cost or free health care to some adults and children with limited incomes.

Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) can receive services from several different federal health programs.

Medicaid is a program that provides health insurance to adults and children with limited incomes.

If you receive a notice of action that you are being denied Medicaid, appeal.

If you applied for Medicaid and your state Medicaid agency denied your application, then you can appeal the denial.

Here's an explanation of Medicaid's rules on eligibility for nursing homes, assisted living, and home health care.

While Medicaid finances most long-term care in this country, Medicaid is supposed to be "the payer of last resort" when it comes to long-term care.

Special needs trusts, which are also sometimes called special treatment trusts or special purpose trusts, are designed to hold assets that can be used for the benefit of someone who is receiving Me

Most trusts, even irrevocable ones, won’t work to qualify a person for Medicaid.

If Medicaid pays for nursing home care, the state can try to collect reimbursement for these costs after the death of the Medicaid recipient.

If you live in Nevada and you've received Medicaid to pay for certain services during your life, Nevada's Medicaid Program will attempt to recover some costs from your estate when you die.

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