2007 Senate Bill 203: Enable Medicaid estate recovery program

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Introduced by Sen. Michael Switalski (D) on February 15, 2007, to require death certificates to be filed with a Medicaid estate recovery program that has been proposed. This is a program in which the cost of services provided to Medicaid recipients (most often nursing home or long-term care services) may be recovered from the person’s estate after death.
- Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on February 15, 2007.

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1) Estate Recovery by Anonymous Citizen on July 31, 2007
The purpose of this proposal is to stop the selfish rich from taxing the poor and middle classes to the fund the rich who artificially impoverish themselves through elder care attorneys. These attorney's and schemes are too expensive for the poor and middle class who can't afford them. The trick is to dump the cost of care for the rich onto the taxpayer. They put huge additions on their homes or buy huge new homes to shelter big gobs of money. Then tax the people to pay for their care. This legislation will stop the typical rip off of the taxpayer to appeal to the special interest eldercare attorneys. I hope we get this legislation!
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2) How Many Times?? by Anonymous Citizen on April 14, 2007
How many times are we expected to pay services rendered? We pay the taxes that provide the Medicaid Program that takes care of the elderly, so now you want us to pay back the money we paid in by taking our inheritances?? You guys must lay awake at night trying to think up new ways to get our money.
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3) No Way by Anonymous Citizen on February 21, 2007
If a house has been in a family for years it should be left alone, as should any other heirlooms. How about as a statewide community we do the right thing and just eat the cost.
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