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Yes. See explanation below from this site (http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/maliens.htm):
Current Medicaid regulations in Massachusetts require recovery from the probate estates of MassHealth members who received Medicaid while age 55 or over and those who, regardless of age, received Medicaid while institutionalized. All MassHealth expenses incurred for such members, with certain exceptions, are counted toward the total recovered amount. An exception from estate recovery is made in cases where recovery would cause hardship,and only partial recovery is required from the estate of members who had long-term care insurance policies that met the Massachusetts Division of Insurance requirements. Estate recovery is deferred while there is a surviving spouse or child who is blind, permanently and totally disabled, or under age 21.
The only asset that they MAY attempt to collect from is the checking account.
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