Mary Hilton on Nostr: "The Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP)—a controversial initiative mandated by ...
"The Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (MERP)—a controversial initiative mandated by Congress in the early ’90s and first implemented in Texas in 2005—requires the state to collect money from the estates of people over the age of 55 who received Medicaid. If an individual receives Medicaid for long-term institutional care, in-home services, prescription drugs, or hospitalization costs, the state can “recover” or “claw back” (to use agency speak) funds after the individual dies."
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