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GeraBrown

  1. Michigan is beginning a new program to reevaluate nursing home patients on Medicaid to move them out of nursing home facilities.
  2. Michigan has provisions in its regulations to allow the spouse of a nursing home patient to keep assets and still receive Medicaid.
  3. Families facing nursing home care can be devastated and impoverished by the expense unless proper planning is done.
  4. To preserve assets while qualifying an individual for Medicaid in Michigan can be done with either a note or an annuity.