Two Sisters Have Owned Their Mother’s House Together Since 2014, and the Younger One Still Lives in It. When the Older One Needs a Nursing Home, Medicaid Will Let Her Sign Her Half Over, and the Five-Year Look-Back Will Never Apply

Federal law may allow a jointly owned home to be shielded from Medicaid’s five-year look-back, but the strategy depends on a specific eligibility-rule detail. The article excerpt does not identify that detail or quantify any financial impact.