HUD provides capital advances to finance the construction, rehabilitation or acquisition with or without rehabilitation of structures that will serve as supportive housing for very low-income elderly persons, including the frail elderly, and provides rent subsidies for the projects to help make them affordable. The Section 202 program helps expand the supply of affordable housing […]
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Numbering just over 75 million, today’s 21- to 37-year-olds—millennials—are the largest generation in US history. They are more tech savvy, more racially and ethnically diverse, and more educated, and they marry and have children later in life than previous generations. And though most millennials have now entered peak household formation and homebuying years, they are becoming homeowners later and at […]
Greene appealed denial of his application for Medicaid. The denial was affirmed by an administrative law judge. After review, the Commissioner adopted the findings of fact of the ALJ. The Commissioner addressed Greene’s specific arguments by explicitly noting the underlying evidence in the record supporting the ALJ’s decision and citing two cases: Atkinson v. Ledbetter […]
In Cruver v. Mitchell, Medicaid had paid many of Mitchell’s expenses until shortly before the hearing. Appellants, however, had decided to stop her benefits and “just pay for [the expenses] out of pocket,” using money from Mitchell’s bank accounts. Appellants explained that they removed their mother from the Medicaid program so that the State would […]
The undisputed record shows that in April 2004, Gladowski qualified for Medicaid assistance to pay for nursing home care, but the Department of Community Health delayed her benefits until September 2006 on the ground that Gladowski improperly transferred assets to qualify for Medicaid coverage. Gladowski appealed the decision to an administrative law judge (ALJ), who […]
White, a British citizen and a legal permanent resident of the United States entered the United States in 1991.She was issued a green card and resided in the U.S. continuously. When she applied for Medicaid, she was denied eligibility because she had not resided in the U.S. cotinuously for five years as provided for in […]
The Georgia Supreme Court granted certiorari to consider whether the Court of Appeals properly interpreted 42 USC § 1396p with respect to whether a Medicaid applicant’s purchase of an annuity was subject to an asset transfer penalty. In this case, the Georgia Department of Human Services, Family and Children Services (“DFCS”) granted appellee Jerry L. […]
Corrine Barber died on June 22, 2005. Her Will left the bulk of her estate to her youngest child, Alecia Holmes (fathered by Adams). When Alecia offered the Will for probate, Corrine’s four older children (fathered by Barber) filed a caveat. They contended the Will was invalid due to undue influence. The probate court granted […]
In November 2002, Mrs. Medder’s husband died. Her husband left her real estate and personal property in his Will. In May, 2003, Mrs. Medders filed a renunciation and disclaimer “renouncing” the gift in her husband’s Will. Less than three years after the renunciation, Mrs. Medders applied for Medicaid. When Mrs. Medders applied for Medicaid, the […]
Richard J. Medalie, brought suit under the Medicare Secondary Payer statute (the “MSP”) against the drug companies that developed, manufactured, and marketed the drug Baycol. Following its decision in Stalley v. Catholic Health Initiatives, Nos. 06-3884, 06-4121, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 27331, 2007 WL 4165751 (8th Cir. Nov. 27, 2007), the Court held that an MSP […]
