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Originally Posted by Noporscheform
The idea of having people Manipulate their finances in order to shift their personal obligations (long term care) to Medicaid is offensive.
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The idea of Medicaid itself is offensive but since it exists and we're forced to subsidize it for our entire lives with taxes, why not avail onesself of it? Any estate planning attorney will advise this.
Do you want your assets going to a nursing home (an industry which has heavily lobbied state legislatures for years to establish punitive "seize everything" laws to line their pockets) or worse still - to the government via probate? Or do you want YOUR things going to your heirs as YOU choose?
There's a time and place for ideology and there's a time to look out for yourself as one person pitted against a very unfair and well-funded system.