if someone is in a nursing home & is on medicare, then that person passes away does the money medicare spent on that person have to be paid back? if so by who?
2006-09-13 15:50:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
First. Medicare is a separate tax (and separate program) from Social Security (social security is designated as FICA on the W-2, Medicare is a separate withholding). In addition, Medicare is a FEDERALLY FUNDED but STATE administered program.
Medicare and medicaid both have income requirements to qualify. However, some assets do not count (primary residence up to a certain amount, etc.). However, when the beneficiary (and spouse, if still residing in primary residence) die, Medicare can make a claim for reimbursement.
Unlike Social Security, which has no income limit to receive benefits, Medicare is needs based. The logic, however, is that while a spouse is alive, they are not going to throw you out on the street to pay for spouse's medical/nursing home needs. But when both are out, the primary residence must be sold and the income becomes "countable" for medicare and medicaid purposes.
This is why estate planners try to shelter as many assets as possible long before the need arises.
2006-09-13 16:05:56 · answer #1 · answered by robert_dod 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Medicare is Federal and will only pay for rehab at a nursing home. Not extended stay. Extended stay is payed for by the individual or the state government (Medicaid). In some states the law says they can take the patients house at death, but usually don't. In almost all cases no money has to be paid back.
2006-09-13 23:17:06 · answer #2 · answered by stephenl1950 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, SSD Retirement, disability benefits is what a person had taxes taken out for, when he/she was able to function in a job.
Medicare does not need to be recovered, Medicaid has Estate Recovery, The dead leave his/her assets to the state that medicaid funded for a below low-income persons, but not medicare!
2006-09-13 23:10:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
robert_dod is right when my grand farther died they took his house and sold it to pay off Medicare
2006-09-13 23:34:22 · answer #4 · answered by Glen M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It comes out of our social security & if a person dies nope no one gets it except the widow or widower
2006-09-13 22:58:54 · answer #5 · answered by sugarbdp1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it comes out of both state and federal taxes.
2006-09-13 23:06:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ye
2006-09-13 22:57:11 · answer #7 · answered by choco taco 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋