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‘Please give families a break’; Respondents ask Ohio Medicaid for changes to estate recovery

Dayton Daily News
December 2023

As the state reviews the public comments, advocates for aging Americans say estate recovery should be done away with altogether.

“There’s not another program of any kind that has been paid out properly and which we’re then seeking recoupments at the death of the individual,” said Amber Christ, managing director of health at Justice in Aging. “Those are all tax funded programs, yet for those with the lowest amount of resources, we’re asking them to pay back for covered services.”

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