My mom got this letter in the mail from Medicare saying they were going to take her house because of the money from when my grandparents were using it. Both of them passed away last year, and the house was in both my mom's and my grandfathers names.........
Can they do this legally?
What can my mom do to stop this?
Any suggestions?
Thanks :)
2007-04-06 14:15:34 · 11 answers · asked by Evymisa 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
she hired a lawyer, but he said there probably isn't much that he'll be able to do........and the letter is from Medicare......that's why we are all so baffled, we'd never heard of anything like this happening before.
2007-04-06 14:22:52 · update #1
Ask a local lawyer.....not any of us moron's on yahoo....
2007-04-06 14:20:20 · answer #1 · answered by Johnny Mek 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Medicare does not take away property. Perhaps some finance company or the health care facility the grandparents were in is going after something. There may have been arrangements made your parents were not aware of. It is best to get a good lawyer to handle things.
2007-04-06 14:21:52 · answer #2 · answered by mr conservative 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you read the letter carefully, it refers to MEDICAID. This is a program administered by Medicare which is sort of a program for low income people who have no resources. Medicaid pays the insurance premium to Medicare and also pays for their prescription drugs. When one collects Medicaid, there is a limit to the financial resources one may have. The whole idea of the Medicaid program is that you HAVE no financial resources.
If they collected Medicaid then anything they own at the time they die goes to reimburse the Medicaid program.
MEDICARE is completely different. People who receive Medicare pay their own medical insurance and pay for their own prescriptions. Therefore, they can have assets and those assets are not attached at death.
2007-04-06 16:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People often transfer assets to qualify for more funding for long term care and illnesses. I cannot give you the exact regs and time frames - but I do know that in the case of skilled care placement assets transferred within three years are subject to seizure to pay for days above and beyond what Medicare allows. It's a duck and dodge deal many people do to avoid loosing assets to pay for long term care. There are limits to pre-death inheritance distributions which prevents things like homes being signed over to people before they enter skilled care.
2007-04-06 14:50:24 · answer #4 · answered by Susie D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you mean medicaid?
Medicaid can look back up to 3 years. If your grandparents transferred title to them and your mom during the 3 year period, Medicaid can go after it.
Medicaid is a loan which you agree to repay. When you die they can try and take your house.
Here's a suggestion. Hire a lawyer and fight it. What do you have to lose?
2007-04-06 14:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by krollohare2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are all wrong, it is not illegal. It is not just Medicaid. It is not a scam. It is just another wonderful gift of Obamacare! It is written into the law that no-one read before they passed it! This is the beginning of the true redistribution of wealth. Take from those who worked their whole life to provide for their families and to pass something down to their children and grandchildren and give it to the system to pay for those who have contributed nothing, have been a drain on society, and/or are not even citizens of our country.
2015-07-13 05:45:07 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. M. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a lawyer quick
2007-04-06 14:19:34 · answer #7 · answered by path2631 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read the letter again.
i would be very surprised to find that this was actually from medicare.
medicare is an insurance provider.
they don't, under any circumstances, collect money from people.
if you want my contact info, let me know and i'll add it to my profile...
2007-04-06 14:20:00 · answer #8 · answered by nostradamus02012 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it could be a scam - talk to medicare - make sure they sent it and ask them why they did and try to work it out with them...
2007-04-06 14:36:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my firs question would be are you republican, if so the only thing you can do is sit there and shoot them when they come to get it or you can turn lib vote for Hillary and obamam and let them know and then maybe you could keep it cause they are trying to run out all good hardworking Americans so there is more room for the illegals
2007-04-06 14:20:48 · answer #10 · answered by crusherdrivin f 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋