The Day He’s Admitted Is the Only Day Medicaid Counts Their Money. An Inheritance She Receives Two Years Later Is Hers

One date on the calendar determines how much of a couple’s savings gets counted for Medicaid, and families who miss it often spend down money they were legally allowed to keep. What happens to an inheritance that arrives after that…The first day of a husband’s continuous nursing home stay, expected to last at least 30 days, is the most important date in his Medicaid case.