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Aug. 3—A recent Dayton Daily News investigation revealed that the state of Ohio has collected more than $366 million through the estate recovery program since 2017, including about $87.5 million ...
Ohio's AG's office — which collects the funds for the Ohio Department of Medicaid — has recovered more than $270 million since 2019, a year in which more than $730 million was collected ...
Like all debt, medical debt left behind after your death is paid by your estate. The debt goes to the person handling your estate — called an executor. The executor’s job is to manage the ...
Medicaid estate recovery is a required process under United States federal law in which state governments adjust (settle) or recover the cost of care and services from the estates of those who received Medicaid benefits after they die. By law, states may not settle any payments until after the beneficiary's death.
Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with low income in the United States, providing free health insurance to 85 million low-income and disabled people as of 2022; [3] in 2019, the program paid for half of all U.S. births. [4]
The Dayton man said he was surprised to get an Ohio Attorney General's Office notice after his longtime partner, Brenda Pierce, died in 2014 at age 58. ... Aug. 22—Joseph Applegate fought the ...
According to data reported by The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation in 2017, 45% of non-elderly adults do not have medical insurance because of cost. [2] Those who are "medically indigent earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but too little to purchase either health insurance or health care."
Nearly 1 in 12 U.S. adults have medical debt. I’m a 72-year-old widow, and a debt collector is harassing me for $42K in unpaid medical bills my husband racked up before he died.