Kate Ashford

I think you have to decide, you know, if my loved one beats the odds and lives for another 20 years, could we manage that?

Or, you know, what do the numbers look like if that happens?

You just have to build that into your equation.

I feel like if you if you normalize talking about it, it becomes less taboo and weird and depressing.

It's just you're just talking about it the way you would talk about any financial planning topic.

Right.

It is something that comes up for everybody.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

I feel like my answer to all of your questions today is, it depends.

And Medicaid is kind of like that.

It's administered by state.

The rules vary by state.

So it's kind of hard to generalize.

And there is no central process.

So that's super helpful.

In the most general sense, qualifying for Medicaid as an older person is going to be income-based.

You typically must have income and assets below a certain level.

That's going to depend on your state.

There are people in your state who are going to have information about this.