How Can I Protect My House from MassHealth?
Harry S. Margolis
Three strategies to protect one’s home from MassHealth estate recovery.
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Three strategies to protect one’s home from MassHealth estate recovery.
In 2021, MassHealth expanded hardship waivers for estate recovery to include heirs who provided care to beneficiaries and those with low-income, but the filing time is short. So those who may qualify need to be proactive in preparing their documentation.
Collecting stories about the impact of Medicaid (MassHealth) estate recovery
The movement is growing to end Medicaid estate recovery. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has now issued a grant to fund research about the effects of Medicaid estate recovery.
Disabled rights advocate Joe Tringali’s last campaign was to limit MassHealth estate recovery to the minimum required by federal law.
The Stop Unfair Medicaid Recoveries Act introduced by Rep. Jan Schakowsky would end Medicaid estate recovery.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts recommends reforms to MassHealth estate recovery to reduce its harmful impact on low-income Massachusetts residents.
In the Matter of the Estate of Frances R. Mason while stating that the MUPC statute of repose does not apply retroactively, implies that it bars MassHealth estate recovery more than three years after death for beneficiary dying in 2012 or subsequently.
MassHealth’s notice of lien gave notice to daughter that deed to her by mother left out part of the property. MassHealth removed its lien after evidence of the mistake was presented, including a scrivener’s affidavit.
In Koutoukis v. EOHHS, the Massachusetts Land Court rejects MassHealth’s opposition to the reform of a scrivener’s error in a life estate deed.781-705-6400