Legislators want to curtail Medicaid loophole

Sunday, May 30, 2004

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- When Joe Maple's mother started forgetting things, his attorney suggested the family find ways to squirrel away her assets, so when she needed to enter a nursing home, Medicaid, rather than her money, would foot the bill.

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