Open AccessMedicaid and Family Wealth Transfer
Author(s) -
Jinkook Lee,
Hyungsoo Kim,
Sandra J. Tanenbaum
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/46.1.6
Subject(s) - medicaid , nursing homes , estate , demography , medicine , gerontology , family medicine , business , health care , nursing , economics , sociology , finance , economic growth
This study examines whether the relationship between making familial wealth transfers and becoming a Medicaid recipient sheds light on the current debate about Medicaid estate planning, whereby some elders transfer their assets to their families to qualify for Medicaid.
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