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His $4,200 Pension Is Supposed to Go to the Nursing Home Once He’s on Medicaid. $1,900 of It Will Come Home to His Wife Instead, Every Month, Because a Federal Rule Says She Can’t Be Left Short

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When a husband moves into a nursing home on Medicaid, the program requires nearly all of his monthly income, pension included, to go toward his care. A federal rule called the Medicaid community spouse income allowance sets part of that income aside fo

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