The Medicaid bill that doesn't go away when you die
Clip: 3/24/2015 | 7m 5s
When patients die, Medicaid charges the expenses to the leftover assets in their estates.
Medicaid is thought of as free health insurance for the poor, but federal law requires that recipients pay for the costs of long-term care. And when patients die, Medicaid charges the expenses to the leftover assets in their estates, sometimes passing the burden on to heirs. Special correspondent Sally Schilling reports on how California is debating the rule.
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The Medicaid bill that doesn't go away when you die
Clip: 3/24/2015 | 7m 5s
Medicaid is thought of as free health insurance for the poor, but federal law requires that recipients pay for the costs of long-term care. And when patients die, Medicaid charges the expenses to the leftover assets in their estates, sometimes passing the burden on to heirs. Special correspondent Sally Schilling reports on how California is debating the rule.
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