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marybourg

(13,513 posts)
46. Until everybody can depend on
Fri May 30, 2025, 04:49 AM
May 2025

medical security for themselves and their own children, ie. “socialized medicine “, most will not be happy paying the medical and long term care expenses of people whose net worth, at $32,000, (as allowed in N.Y.) is actually on par with the median for Americans in their 30’s ( much of which may actually be in their homes, whereas home are exempt from the Medicaid calculation).


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That $2000 rule is bullshit! FirstLight May 2025 #1
i agee. AllaN01Bear May 2025 #3
It probably looked generous when it was enacted Warpy May 2025 #20
All social spending should be indexed. slightlv May 2025 #38
$2K is barely a month's rent Retrograde May 2025 #62
Newsom is a Democrat? Ocelot II May 2025 #2
Well, he says he is Bettie May 2025 #11
Think most states have a cruel/criminal $2000 or so cap. Unfortunately, if she loses Medicaid, that $8000 will be Silent Type May 2025 #4
How could anyone think that.having $2000 enables a person to pay medical bills. madaboutharry May 2025 #5
please note : i am on medi cal and that $ 2000 t limit on assets has been on the books for years . AllaN01Bear May 2025 #6
I think most states have the same limit. But as to why it's being regurgitated: marybourg May 2025 #12
thanks. AllaN01Bear May 2025 #14
That's not true at all. choie May 2025 #36
You're right. I should have said most states. NY is an outlier. marybourg May 2025 #43
It was till 2022 then it was at first relaxed dsc May 2025 #16
my male heath caare worker was on medical until a whle ago and was cut off because he AllaN01Bear May 2025 #24
That's just cruel The Blue Flower May 2025 #7
Asset tests will become more common for many types of benefits bucolic_frolic May 2025 #8
Someome can be considered choie May 2025 #34
One day in the hospital would use up that $2,000 and more. n/t totodeinhere May 2025 #9
They are on Medicaid (MediCal). You are paying their hospital bill. marybourg May 2025 #17
oh for fuck's sake. choie May 2025 #33
Until everybody can depend on marybourg May 2025 #46
The problem is your taxes don't cover.we are upside down. It's paid with loans. Melon May 2025 #57
When people are this concerned about the taxes we pay for defense choie May 2025 #60
When my mother in Washington State was leftyladyfrommo May 2025 #55
Yes, hospice is Medicare. No income or asset test. Everyone on Medicare is eligible marybourg May 2025 #56
My neice works in a care center. She said leftyladyfrommo May 2025 #59
SSI recipients have been under the $2,,000 asset wanderer54 May 2025 #10
Exactly BeerBarrelPolka May 2025 #19
And? choie May 2025 #35
Stop! BeerBarrelPolka May 2025 #40
The poster is wrong to equate SSI asset tests choie May 2025 #41
It's time for us to demand a "Single Payer" multigraincracker May 2025 #13
Two Grand Is Stupid Low ProfessorGAC May 2025 #15
That's pretty much how Medicaid works in the rest of the country. marybourg May 2025 #18
Not in New York choie May 2025 #32
And designed to be more idiotic with the passage of time not fooled May 2025 #25
When Newsom hits the disabled Figarosmom May 2025 #21
Looked into this futher CountAllVotes May 2025 #64
Just watched an excellent program on PBS. llmart May 2025 #22
Can a Trust be legally set up to allow disabled to Ilsa May 2025 #23
I manage the affairs of a childhood friend who moonscape May 2025 #44
Pretty much, just slightly different name. Ilsa May 2025 #45
tax everyone and give tax benefits to everyone. Let God sort them out. Tetrachloride May 2025 #26
It's similar to the rule for receiving SSI. valleyrogue May 2025 #27
Yes it should. choie May 2025 #31
This is BS, The Real Discussion Needs to be "WHEN DO WE GET UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE?" groundloop May 2025 #28
Clearly Newsom is auditioning for a seat on Trump's cabinet. flashman13 May 2025 #29
That is despicable. choie May 2025 #30
Well that didn't last very long CountAllVotes May 2025 #37
WTF is wrong with Gavin Newsom? soldierant May 2025 #39
Newsom is fucking the disabled over real good w/this CountAllVotes May 2025 #42
Yeah EndlessWire May 2025 #48
he would - is she running? Katie definitely is. soldierant May 2025 #54
It's like that around here. Hugin May 2025 #47
a.m. kick CountAllVotes May 2025 #49
It's just sad Johnny2X2X May 2025 #50
It is bullshit. What they need to do to get around this is transfer assets to a reliable relative or close friend so JohnSJ May 2025 #51
a reliable relative or close friend CountAllVotes May 2025 #53
Google "lookback period". marybourg May 2025 #61
$2000 in 2025 is ridiculous. Brainfodder May 2025 #52
K and R KentuckyWoman May 2025 #58
K&R CountAllVotes May 2025 #63
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