NO, I don't think so.. was Re: Part D- not!

January 17, 2007

It depends on the state you live in.

You do not have to pay back entitlement programs. That includes,

Food Stamps, TANF (Temporary Aid to Needy Families), and Medicaid

(The medical program ran by the individual states at the direction of

the Federal government.)

You may depending on the state have to pay back SSI, SSP, LTC

Medicaid (LTC = Long Term Care in a nursing home) or General Relief

(pure welfare).

If you have to pay back any monies you are informed of it before you

receive any benefits. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO READ ALL THE

FORMS YOU SIGN. Some programs will have an actual lien for you to

sign, some do not. If you are not sure of the policies in your state

ask you worker or a representative of the Legal Aid Society, not your

next door neighbor, not someone else on Medicaid. All situations are

different and a different policy may be effecting them. You need to

know how getting assistance, cash or medical, effects you.

I have had too many honest folks stop much needed aid, because of

listening to horror stories, instead of asking their worker.

, almost 20 years working in the system and still learning

about the differences and nuisances.

I'll get off my soap box now. Thanks for reading.

> >Dennis wrote

> > Joyce, this part is only for those on Medicaid, not Medicare. If

> you are drawing food stamps or other state-run programs, the state

will get their money back by attaching a lien against the deceased

person's property. If the heirs want to keep the property, they will

be required to pay the amount owed or it will be sold for moneys owed.

Joyce wrote:

> > > Toni, do you mean Texas made the family sell everything because

> the lady had Part D and they wanted their money back? Just

wondering because I have Part D and own a brick home I want my son to

get.......

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