Medicaid Planning for Spouses, Blended Families, and Life Partners

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected clients on Medicaid? What about those clients who joined Medicaid during the pandemic? Learn about the latest in Medicaid planning, how to help clients protect assets for individuals on Medicaid, how to effectively handle Medicaid appeals, and how (and when) to fight an appeal.

Explore the basics of Illinois Medicaid - the who, what, where, why - and how they fit in with the other three major government benefit programs. Some complex topics such as spend-down, redeterminations, and the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Program will be discussed.

For older adults and persons with disabilities, the reliance on governmental benefits may be the difference between remaining in the community with some level of autonomy vs. homelessness or institutionalization. This session will address the various public benefit programs that may be available to persons with disabilities and seniors residing in the community including AABD, SNAP, subsidized housing and other needs-based programs. In addition, we will consider the impact of special needs trusts on the eligibility for the various programs.