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How Conservative Is A Free Ride?
Posted on 05/30/2014 10:33:49 AM PDT by Red Badger
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two years after a 33-year-old mentally disabled man died at a state institution in Queens, and one year after his sister filed a lawsuit accusing the staff of killing him, New York officials have sent her an $11.67 million bill.
The claim against Rasheen Rose's estate cited his total Medicaid assistance from Aug. 6, 2002, through Aug. 6, 2012, the day he died.
A spokeswoman for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, which runs the center, said Wednesday officials were following federal Medicaid obligations in seeking reimbursement.
"Not doing so would be a violation and could put federal Medicaid funding at risk," spokeswoman Jennifer O'Sullivan said.
Medicaid, a state and federal program for the poor, doesn't typically demand reimbursement.
But Ilann Maazel, an attorney who has filed lawsuits against the state after others died in state care, said other claim notices recently have been sent to families suing.
This government needs to be reduced in size by at least 95%
That’ll teach her to shut up and sit down.
How is the sister financially liable for her brother? Last I checked, siblings are not responsible for each other’s debts...
If a Republican President was doing this, it would be the number one news story.
I believe that his estate is required to pay any outstanding debts before the balance can be distributed to his heirs.
My guess would be the state sent the bill to the man's estate, and the sister is the executor of her brother's estate.
She’d have to be executor of her late brother’s estate. Normally an estate would be closed by a year. Perhaps suing has prevented that. They’re positioning themselves to take back any damages awarded and then some, imho.
Correct-a-mundo. That’s why proper planning is required before boarding the Medicaid train.
They billed his ‘estate’ and she may be the executrix of his estate....................
His estate probably consists of a half pack of chewing gum, 3 paperback sci-fi novels, 3 dirty socks and 37 cents.
Maybe other states are different, but here there is a legal requirement of notice to debtors, requiring that those debtors respond within a set period of time, after which point any debt remaining becomes uncollectable, as the legal entity that was the estate of the deceased no longer exists.
if he had 12M, why should we have paid his hospitalization in the first place?
I’d send it to them marked PAID IN FULL..................
I’d demand a full list of the charges.......
bump
as mentioned up thread.. it might now. but if the law suit is won for the wrongfull death...
um... medicaid i.e us taxpayers paid 12 million for this guys care.ok, but if he has 12 million to pay it off, how many other people are spending millions of taxpayer dollars when they have their own resources? if he can afford to pay it back, (his estate) then shouldn’t he?
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Yes, I believe that they must then register a claim against the estate, but I may be wrong. I'm not an attorney.
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