Quiz: Medicare, Medicaid, Medigap -- What's the Difference?

Caring Commu­nity

8 months ago

Hi anjord, thanks for your comment! Our Ask & Answer section on Medicaid may have some answers that may help you. It can be found here: ( http://www.caring.com/ask/medicaid-questions ). If you still have questions, you can ask our experts by posting your question here: ( http://www.caring.com/ask ). I hope this helps! -- Jeff

anjord

8 months ago

I have a 90 year old aunt. She has limited skilled nursing coverage. She was in the hospital recently for a heart condition and she was later admitted to s skilled nursing facility. She is needing full time nursing care and will have to go on Medicaid. She has property and a small pension. Her property is about to be sold. Is it true that Medicaid will take all of her assets, including her house and pension?

Using the Print function above the quiz should produce the whole questionnaire, not just that page. Not user friendly!!

MPC

8 months ago

I went 6/6 Guess working in the field the last year and a half has paid off.

I echo the first person's comments. I worked with all 3 for 40 years and I question the knowlege of the person or persons who constructed this quiz. Generalities about any of these programs are generally wrong. Please do some fact checking before misleading the public. The mere fact that this quiz is still wrong after the original comments were a year ago tells me that your attention to detail is less than superior.

While I applaud your effort to educate people about these programs, it would be good to make sure you don't distribue erroneous information. Medicaid is a Federal/State funded program that is run by each state using their own rules that comform to federal guidelines. It covers much more in some States than in others. To make the generality that it covers more than Medicare is just wrong. (I have worked with the Medicare and Medicaid programs in andministrative positions for over 30 years.)Just thought I'd offer that comment for your consideration.

i have a college education was forced 2 retire early..i have fallen numerous times suffer from a lot of pain & loss of income from part time work.. i have no insurence or healthcare & just pay 4 my owen meds..so all this mecicare & medical stuff is very confusing.. so i'm hoping that ur newsletter will help put me on the right tract so i'm ready when i turn 65.. have a great day