Medicaid and VA Pension Comparisons, Part II
My last post discussed some of the differences between Medicaid and the Veterans Improved Pension programs with respect to the treatment of assets, trusts and transfers.
The treatment of income is also different among these programs. Here is a chart that will give you these comparisons at a glance.
2014 VA Pension and Medicaid income resource chart
Income eligibility for Veterans Improved...
NJ proposes to eliminate its Medically Needy Medicaid Program
Friday’s post talked about the new state program being developed for delivery of home and community-based Medicaid services (MLTSS), which will require individuals whose income exceeds the income cap to set up a Miller Trust to receive and handle the excess income. The State has actually published a Notice of Proposal, announcing its intent to ask the federal government to allow it to do...
Miller Trusts May Soon be Needed for Certain Medicaid Recipients
The State of New Jersey provides part time home health care services to eligible individuals through the Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports (MLTSS) home and community program (formerly called Global Options). Applicants are individuals who require an institutional level of care because they require assistance in three or more of their Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s),...