Maine Federal Judge Upholds Penalty After Pooled Trust Deposit

(March 5, 2018, 2:29 PM EST) -- PORTLAND, Maine — The temporary suspension of Medicaid benefits for a beneficiary over 64 following a deposit of funds from the sale of the beneficiary’s home into a pooled special needs trust is proper because the Medicaid Act provides for such a penalty, a Maine federal judge ruled Feb. 27 (Yvonne R. Richardson, et al. v. Ricker Hamilton, No. 17-134, D. Maine, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31127)....

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