Benefits May Be Cut Off After Medicaid Agency Decides Irrevocable Trusts Are Available Assets

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A Wisconsin appeals court rules that a Medicaid recipient’s benefits were properly terminated after the state Medicaid agency changed its interpretation of statutes governing the availability of irrevocable trusts for eligibility purposes. Wisynski v. Wis. D.O.H. & Family Serv. (Wis. App., Dist. 3, No. 2008AP1280, Nov. 4, 2008).