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  1. Can the Texas Medicaid Estate Recovery Program Take My Land?

    Jul 9, 2025 · What is MERP? The Texas Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) allows the state to seek repayment from the estate of a deceased person who received Medicaid long-term care …

  2. Medicaid Estate Recovery and Medicaid Payback Rules

    Dec 13, 2012 · Who Does the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP) Affect? For Medicaid recipients ages 55 or older, states must seek recovery of payments from their estate for the …

  3. Protecting Your House from Medicaid Estate Recovery

    Mar 18, 2025 · Giving up the life estate will likely be considered a transfer and your father could be subject to a Medicaid penalty period. A life estate is a good way to protect a house from Medicaid …

  4. New law: Allows Medicaid to seek estate recovery from the estate of a Medicaid recipient and the estate of the recipient’s spouse. Because the change is not prospective, recovery can be made against the …

  5. Key State Medicaid Information for Rhode Island - ElderLawAnswers

    Assets Are IRAs and other retirement plans protected (noncountable)? Yes State’s resource limit for Medicaid recipients: $4,000.00

  6. What Is a Miller Trust? - ElderLawAnswers

    Jan 14, 2015 · The Miller trust can pay the Medicaid recipient a small personal needs allowance, and the trust can also be used to pay the recipient's spouse a monthly allowance. Any additional money is …

  7. Key State Medicaid Information for Virginia

    Assets Are IRAs and other retirement plans protected (noncountable)? No State's resource limit for Medicaid recipients: $2,000.00

  8. Tax on Capital Gains When Selling Home After Spouse's Death

    Apr 12, 2022 · Takeaways Surviving spouses can exclude up to $500,000 of capital gains from the sale of their main residence if they sell within two years of their spouse’s death. The cost basis of property …

  9. Key State Medicaid Information for Hawaii - ElderLawAnswers

    Medicaid information for HawaiiProtections for the Community Spouse Community Spouse Resource Allowance (CSRA): $157,920.00 Increased CSRA: Possible; not yet tried. Hawaii follows the income …

  10. Elder Law: Can Medicaid Take Your House? - ElderLawAnswers

    Apr 16, 2025 · Medicaid can place a lien on your house to seek repayment for long-term care you received.