There are ways of taking an individuals assets and protecting it from being taken. And you don't have to do it years in advance as some primitives have suggested. It can be done that way, but there are other ways. My MIL needed to go into an assisted living facility a little over a year ago, and we liquidated and moved all her assets minus $2,000 (that amount and below is considered to be "destitute" and Medicaid kicks in) into a separate managed account that we only use for little extra things she might need. I'm not going to say on this board how it was done because I don't want to que some primitive on how to do it. I will say I didn't see any of them mention the process. But, if we hadn't have done it, the assisted living facility would have used up all her money until she got to below $2,000 and then Medicaid would have kicked in.
However, my main point to the primitives is this: If you libs hadn't set up this stupid gov't controlled system, then these people could have been taken care of, probably at a higher level than they are now, and without having to deplete them of all they have before the gov't picks up the bill. Such is the folly of liberalism. But, as long as the system you want is in place, then I see no reason why conservatives shouldn't use your own system against you, especially since the overwhelming majority of the tax money being used to pay for this care came from conservative taxpayers and not liberals. Liberals are a drain on society, conservatives are the ones who pay the bills. All I'm doing is reclaiming a portion of my own.
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