Nursing Home Payments Pursuant to Transfer Penalty Are an Allowable Spend-Down Expense

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An Indiana appeals court finds that a Medicaid applicant’s out-of-pocket nursing home expenses can be applied to her spend-down for non-nursing home benefits even though the applicant was paying the nursing home expenses due to a transfer penalty. Reedy v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (Ind. Ct. App., No. 53A01-0806-CV-294, Nov. 25, 2008).