GOP Wants to Curb Medicaid Estate Planning
AP> To slow the rapidly growing Medicaid program, some lawmakers would like to make it harder for the elderly to shelter their assets as a way to have the government cover more of their nursing home expenses.
GOP members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee asked state Medicaid directors on Wednesday what they have done to curb “Medicaid estate planning,” in which assets are transferred so people look poor on paper and thus qualify for Medicaid.
