Can Medicaid force us to sell the house?

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Medicaid will only put a lien on your house if they enter into a nursing home. However, if your parents sell the property they will lose their eligibility for Medicaid. Even when they pass away, Medicaid cannot take the house to recoup medical payments they made for your parents.

 

 
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