The New American, December 19,
2013
Sofia Prins and Gary Balhorn were about to sign applications for free coverage under
Washington State’s Medicaid program — recently expanded under ObamaCare — when
Sofia began reading the fine print: If you’re over age 55, the state of
Washington will bill your estate for your health expenses when you die.
So much for “free.”
Prior to ObamaCare, state Medicaid programs
(enacted in 1965 and expanded in 1993) offered help to poor people
who couldn't afford health coverage but required states to recover
their health costs from their estates when they died. However, state
exemptions for personal goods and residences meant that such “estate recovery”
efforts were modest as most people either had no other assets or had “spent
down” those that they had to a minimal level.
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