States must offer a hardship waiver before taking a home through Medicaid estate recovery
The same federal rule that lets a state recover Medicaid’s long-term-care costs from a home after death also builds in a full stop: recovery cannot happen at all while a spouse, a child under 21, or a blind or disabled child of any age is still alive and connected to the estate. On top of […]
Read MoreStates must offer a hardship waiver before taking a home through Medicaid estate recovery
The same federal rule that lets a state recover Medicaid’s long-term-care costs from a home after death also builds in a full stop: recovery cannot happen at all while a spouse, a child under 21, or a blind or disabled child of any age is still alive and connected to the estate. On top of […]
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Credit-report errors drove 5.8 million complaints last year, and almost none brought money back
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Credit & Debt
Credit-report errors drove 5.8 million complaints last year, and almost none brought money back
Credit and consumer-reporting complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hit 5,806,800 last year, 88% of everything the agency received…
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An Arkansas credit union was seized this year, and members kept insurance up to $250,000
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Fraud & Scams
The FTC is mailing settlement checks that stop being valid 90 days after they are issued
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Fraud & Scams
A whistleblower who flagged Aetna’s Medicare billing will collect about $2 million
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Anyone who used a nonbank ATM since 2007 can claim part of a $167.5 million settlement
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Fraud & Scams
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Real Estate
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New fair-market rents take effect October 1, resetting how much a voucher covers
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