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	California Medi-Cal's Home Page Medi Cal Benefits Like how to qualify Spreadsheet of Programs HRSA Site Fact Sheet on EligibitySan Mateo County - Understanding Medi-Cal LTC If you would rather we do the research and find the answers to your questions or help you with forms, we can do that starting at $25. Please note that Medi-Cal should be helping you at no charge. http://www.healthcare.gov/widget/healthcare_widget.html In California we provide FREE Quotes and Underwriting Help HIPAA after COBRA oc health info.com/ msi/ Federal Medicaid Eligibility & links to your State's Program Using Medi-Cal Coverage to waive off Employer Group Coverage? San Mateo County If you have property - they can put a lien on it - Estate Recovery Share of Cost Law Help.org Public Benefits cal medicare.org/ Other Government Sponsored Health Care Plans JWCH Adult Homeless & Medically Indigent Attorney - Staker.com/ Health Net - Medi-Cal Nursing Home Benefits & Planning Long Term Care CHCF Site How to qualify for Medi-Cal Nursing Home Coverage Attorney Lentillem Site Estate Recovery Medi-Cal site Attorney drobny law.com Elder law- Attorneys.com Understanding Medi-Cal LTC gift in contemplation of death n. (called a gift causa mortis by lawyers showing off their Latin), a gift of personal property (not real estate) by a person expecting to die soon due to ill health or age. Federal tax law will recognize this reason for a gift if the giver dies within three years of the gift. Treating the gift as made in contemplation of death has the benefit of including the gift in the value of the estate, rather than making the gift subject to a separate federal gift tax charged the giver. If the giver gets over an apparently mortal illness, the gift is treated like any other gift for tax purposes. See also: gift tax unified estate and gift tax law.com *9. What type of trusts can protect family assets?* The creator of a trust can retain the income and life use of assets contributed to an irrevocable living trust (ILT). Assets transferred to an ILT are subject to a 60-month look-back rule under Medicaid. Because of the retained life interest under IRC section 2036, the trust property will receive a stepped-up income tax basis upon the death of the creator. The 60-month look-back period applies to assets transferred to and from any type of trust. An individual with a revocable grantor trust should first transfer assets from this entity to her name before making gifts in order to have the shorter 36-month rule apply. With respect to trust disbursements of income or principal, any creditor ?steps in the shoes? of a beneficiary (i.e., to the extent that this individual is entitled to receive any benefits, so would the creditor). The Exhibit summarizes when income and principal from a trust can be considered as an available resource for Medicaid. This chart reflects that the look-back rules are not applicable to testamentary trusts, although a provision should be included that no benefits are payable to any beneficiary who otherwise would qualify for governmental benefits nysscpa.org/ Scholarly Article actec.org