Public Benefits

2022 SSI Rate

SSI amounts for 2022 The monthly maximum Federal amounts for 2022 are $841 for an eligible individual, $1,261 for an…

3 years ago

News Roundup – 11-9-2021

News Sources Year-end charitable tax planning tips When Seniors are Targeted in Schemes 14 Rollover Tax Facts to Know Rosetta…

3 years ago

Medicaid Transfer Penalty Worksheet

The form below was developed by the Georgia Department of Community Health and is based on Section 2342-11 of the…

3 years ago

Medicaid Spend-down – What is it?

What are people talking about when they say you have to "spend down" to become eligible for Medicaid? Well, it…

3 years ago

Form: Spreadsheet to Evaluate Resources

The spreadsheet included below can be used to help total your countable and exempt resources when evaluating your eligibility for…

3 years ago

Georgia’s Medicaid Lien Attaches to Entire Recovery

In Richards v. Georgia Department of Community Health, 278 Ga. 757 (2004), a class of plaintiffs sued DCH contending that…

3 years ago

News Round-up – October 5, 2021

News Sources: Covid-induced life changes leave millions of Americans worried about money IRS Continues Focus on Cryptoassets Georgia Attorney General…

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Medicaid: Deeming Terminates After Eligibility is Established

Deeming Terminates After Eligibility Is Established. Four years later, the Duprees were back in Court. At the annual review on…

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Medicaid: Homeplace Exemption

Which Home is the Homeplace? Pernie Dupree entered a nursing home on September 11, 2009. Prior to her admission, she had…

3 years ago

Medicaid: Pooled Trust Subaccount Established for Individual Over 65

Pooled Trust Subaccount Established for Individual Over 65yo. An 83 year old deposited $12,320 into a pooled trust in August…

3 years ago