In a typical scenario, when I am no longer to care for myself due to illness or old age, and I have assets available, I check into a nursing home and pay the bills. When the money runs out my family can go through the arduous process of applying for Medicaid, and if I have followed all the rules over the past 60 months, the cost of my care from that point on will be covered by Medicaid.
What if I had no family? What if I didn't want to go through the Medicaid process? What if my family was incapable or unwilling to go through the paperwork. What if I didn't follow the rules? Maybe I bought new houses for my children 2 years ago. The money is no longer mine so the nursing home or government can't get it, but I didn't follow the rules, so I don't qualify for Medicaid. What would happen to me? Would they load me in an ambulance and take me..... where? Would they wheel me out to the curb and leave me? Would they put me in jail? Who will take care of me there? Will they administer a deadly drug? Or, would the state actually pay for my care in the end, regardless of if I followed the rules or not? What actually happens when the money runs out?
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