How Medicaid Can Claim Your Home After You're Gone
Medicaid isn't free — it's a loan. After you die, the state can claim your home to recover nursing home costs. Here's what families need to know before it's too late.
Medicaid isn't free — it's a loan. After you die, the state can claim your home to recover nursing home costs. Here's what families need to know before it's too late.

When one spouse needs nursing home care, Medicaid's spousal impoverishment rules can protect far more than most families realize. Learn how the Community Spouse Resource Allowance, income protections, and legal planning strategies can preserve your family's financial security.

Your family home may be your most valuable asset — and it could be at risk after you pass away. Learn how Medicaid estate recovery works and the proven legal strategies to protect your home for your heirs.
Medicaid reviews five years of financial transactions before approving long-term care benefits. Gifts, transfers, and asset shifts during this window can trigger devastating penalty periods that leave families paying out of pocket.