Medicaid is supposed to be for the indigent, those with little income and no assets. If you have assets to recover, you are cheating. So shut up and pay up, or don't take the money in the first place. Moochers. (Yes, like all welfare entitlement programs Medicaid is evil because it creates a huge moral hazard and undermines institutions of civil society that are so much more effective at helping the less fortunate, but that is a separate issue.)