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I checked myself out of a really poorly run hospital AMA, and I had my son, who is an attorney, call the billing dept and whatvere he said to them reseulted in my insurance paying the costs. The dr (I will call him one although he was totally useless) told me that if I did an AMA he would personally make sure I was 'stuck' with the entire bill. What kind of Dr does that?
Don't know if the same rules apply to a NH or care center. I just remember being so appalled at the lack of care (letting Iv's run dry for HOURS) no food being brought to me (I was literally foraging for food the whole time) and the fact that the hospitalist only saw me once in 5 days--what was the point of being there?
Medicaid does not get involved selling houses. The family does that. I was responsible for selling Moms house. Medicaid was paid back because of a lien placed on it. I could have walked away from the home and Medicaid would have done nothing. It would have been sold in a Sheriffs sale for taxes and then Medicaid would get what they were do AFTER taxes were paid.
Once I received the recovery letter and responded that the house was up for sale, the next letter I got was the lien paperwork. It took 2 yrs to sell Moms house from that point. Not once did Medicaid contact me. After the sale, I got a letter saying the lien was satisfied.
I don't know what happened to the lady in Dupes story. Maybe she did not care for Mom the 2 yrs needed. Maybe she could not afford the upkeep on Moms house. Maybe she was not aware she could apply for Caregiver allowance. But my paperwork says nothing about Medicaid will be selling Moms house. Now my Mom owed very little because she was only on Medicaid 3 months. That may have something to do with it.
You need to speak to an elder law attorney who will explain how Medicaid works.
Best of luck.