Medicaid, life insurance, and Medicaid eligibility.
These together aren’t like peas and carrots. More like oil and water!
Far too often, people applying for Medicaid find out that their life insurance policy can disqualify them from Medicaid eligibility and benefits. This is true.
You may have heard different information about Medicaid eligibility and life insurance. Frankly, much of the stuff you read on the internet is inaccurate.
In this article, we dispel the inaccuracies and tell you what you need to know about how Medicaid works with life insurance, especially when it comes to qualifying for Medicaid (or nursing home care paid by Medicaid).
We aren’t talking about kitchen tables. In your search for affordable life insurance, you may have heard of the terms “life insurance tables” or “table rating”.
Recently, we spoke to a woman who was looking for burial insurance for her husband. She was looking for life insurance to cover his burial and funeral expenses. This is a common reason for burial insurance. She explained to us that he had a health condition, which is no big deal. We all have health conditions. And, burial insurance fits nicely for people with health conditions. However, the health condition he has is