Navigating the Waters of Medicaid: You Need a Guide
For someone who has never dealt with Medicaid before, the beginning of the Medicaid application process can feel like preparing to climb a mountain for the first time. It’s difficult to even know where to start.
For many people, the first step is a Google search that leads them down a rabbit hole of online resources from other states, from years past, from bloggers and websites of questionable credibility. Calling your local Medicaid office or the Healthcare.gov help line is likely to lead you through a maze of automated phone menus and recordings with no clear answers on the other end.
Most Medicaid resources that you’ll find online are not state-specific or are specific to a state that you don’t live in. That’s an issue - Medicaid rules are highly specific to each state. Even Kansas and Missouri have crucial differences in the Medicaid application and qualification process. Many resources are outdated as well - Medicaid regulations change frequently, and a plan that qualified someone in the past might result in a denial today. A mistake can have serious consequences - you don’t have the resources to keep paying sky high skilled nursing facility bills while you wait for Medicaid to help you.
It’s frustrating - all you want to do is help someone you love. Just when you think you’ve found a foothold on your journey to help yourself or your loved one, it crumbles away.
To climb this mountain, you need a guide that knows the territory. A guide that has been there a million times before. A guide who can confidently lead you and solve your problems as they exist or, as they pop up unexpectedly.
KC Elder law is that guide. We can and will answer every question you have now, and give you the answers to questions that you didn’t even know you should be asking. With over 25 years of experience, we know this territory. We will tell you what documents you need, what you qualify for, what you need to spend, if you need to spend, and file the application for you.
We can stop your financial bleeding and give you the peace of mind that you’re doing exactly what you need to do to help the person you love. Let us take the weight, the stress, the uncertainty off your shoulders. Call today for your free consultation.
For more information:
The Consumer's Guide to Medicaid Planning and the Division of Assets