A friend of mine, a middle-aged gentleman here in San Diego, California, received around $200,000 of medical treatment a couple years ago under the state's Medi-Cal program for the indigent (though educated and professional, he had fallen on hard times under the crisis of capitalism) and middle-aged.
His daughter, in her mid-twenties, living in a major European country (her mother's birthplace), recently married a wealthy businessman there.
She and he have offered her father (the gentleman described above) a large gift of money (over a quarter-million dollars, enough to more-than-equal the money the state spent on his medical care).
Question: If he accepts it and puts it into his currently empty California bank account, is the state gov't. likely to sieze it to cover his medical expenses?
If so, he will NOT accept the money (not wanting to keep so much money in a shoebox under his bed). Or, is he worrying for nothing, and should go ahead and except the money gift?
2007-12-14 05:15:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Forgive me Jimmy as this isn't really an answer to your question.
But I would like to cite this as another compelling reason why this country needs socialised medicine. This scenario would never occur, if we had decent health care for our citizens.
As for the bank account situation: You might suggest that the daughter open a special account in her name and give access to her father. This way he could use the money, but it wouldn't affect his financial status in California.
2007-12-14 05:24:43 · answer #1 · answered by Wyoming Rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell him to accept the money! In Cali law states that if someone is ineligable to pay their bills the governemtn issues that bill to the collective agency! what the agency dose is puts a marker on your current bank account and every time you put money into it they are gonna take curtain amount of money! but the trick is that you can open an account with various banks ( keep the one his using right now but let him not deposite any money in there) such as Bank Of America, Wa Mu, Wells Fargo either one of those would do! so when the collective agency goes after his Bank of America account there is no money there but he can still have an account and depostie money in other banks! there is no way the collective agency is going to know about the other bank accounts! ( you can even open a new account in the same bank and they still wont know that he has another account) ahahah! yeah collective agency is pretty dumb at that part but when they give it to the collective agency they annoy the Sh*t out of you with phone calls and everything! so yeah tell him to get the money everything will be fine! but befor they give it to the collective agency there gonna open a lwasuit in court and all he has to do is just go and say i dont have a job and i cannot pay for it! simple as that hope that helps!
2007-12-14 05:25:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He needs to call the state services and ask them. I don't know if he has to give his name or anything when he calls. I don't think they require it, but I don't really know.
Tell him to call them and ask anonymously. He'd be silly not to accept the gift because even if he does have to pay CA back, he can probably make a payment plan so he will have some money to live on. They won't want to take it all in a lump payment if he is still indigent. At least, I don't think they will. That makes no sense.
State service do recognize that people need money to live on. If they don't have that then they just become Welfare cases again and the state doesn't want that because it costs them money.
2007-12-14 05:23:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The State has a right to be reimbursed for the expense incurred for indigent care. Yes, Medi-Cal will seek reimbursement from his daughter's gift. I suspect that is why she gave it to him, to help him with his bills. If he is honorable, he will accept the gift and pay the state back instead of foisting his problems onto the taxpayer. If he is a selfish cheat, he will accept the gift and keep it hidden for his own frivolous pleasure. If he likes things the way they are, he will reject the gift and tell his daughter to donate it to some good cause.
2007-12-14 05:41:01 · answer #4 · answered by rac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Medi-Cal will make a claim for reimbursement if they find out he has a chunk of new money. But there are many legal strategies to avoid this. As one poster suggested, one of these ways is by setting up a trust.
Your friend should consult with an experienced California estate planning and asset protection attorney to set this up.
2007-12-14 06:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by raichasays 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest that his daughter consult a financial planning attorney and establish some type of trust for her father instead, because in addition to the issue of the medical care the state provided, there are also the gift taxes to consider.
2007-12-14 05:24:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think that he should just keep it in his shoebox because he would not get his medical expenses paid if he puts it into his bank account
2007-12-14 05:19:08 · answer #7 · answered by Huy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋