Medicare does not pay for long-term care services, as explained by the Social Security Administration: “Social Security pays retirement, disability, family and survivors benefits. Medicare, a separate program run by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, helps pay for inpatient hospital care, nursing care, doctors’ fees, drugs, and other medical services and supplies to people age 65 and older, as well as to people who have been receiving Social Security disability benefits for two years or more. Medicare does not pay for long-term care, so you may want to consider options for private insurance.”
During the Medicaid application process, you will have to provide documentation of what assets you have. While Medicaid’s assessment of your income is relatively straightforward, the assessment of your assets can be fairly complex, depending on how much and what kind of assets you have.
Assets that are usually counted for eligibility include:
It is important that you understand what services your long term care insurance policy covers and how it covers the many types of long term care services you might need to use. Policies may cover the following:
