Medi-Cal Tag

The Medi-Cal program in California is a health care assistance program that provides payment for a variety of medical services to those with limited income. Patients who receive Medi-Cal benefits usually only pay a small co-pay for health care or nothing at all. The program also supplies Medi-Cal waivers for supplementary services. What are Medi-Cal Waivers? Medi-Cal waivers provide additional...

CunninghamLegal – The Living Trust Lawyers This is an informative article from California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) on how your home and other assets impact Medi-Cal eligibility. CANHR Website Medi-Cal eligibility requires that an applicant (and his/her spouse) have a limited amount of assets. Your home is exempt from consideration as a resource when you or your spouse...

CunninghamLegal – The Living Trust Lawyers CunninghamLegal has just released it’s January 2017 Seminar Schedule and the first few weeks of the year are jam-packed with valuable, free education on Estate Planning, Living Trusts and Medi-Cal. Learn how: • Your Living Trust may fail to protect your valuable IRAs (401ks, Roth, 403(b)). • Your Living Trust may fail to protect your...

CunninghamLegal – The Living Trust Lawyers This year, Governor Brown signed into law SB 833 which will bring major changes to Medi-Cal estate recovery laws beginning January 1, 2017. Generally speaking, the state is required to seek reimbursement for Medi-Cal benefits paid out to an individual over age 55 or to an individual of any age who is an inpatient in a nursing facility. Federal...

In order to qualify for Medi-Cal, an individual must have limited income but may have unlimited assets due to the expansion of Medi-Cal under the Affordable Care Act. Medi-Cal expansion has made it easier for an increasing number of Californians to qualify for Medi-Cal. Although this is welcome news to many, it also presents an unanticipated consequence for many. Note that long term care...