Article On The History Of Old Age In The Age Of Medicaid

Mary Ann Case (Professor, University of Chicago School of Law) recently published an article entitled, When someday is today: carrying forward the history of old age and inheritance into the age of Medicaid, 40 Law & Soc. Inquiry 499-505 (2015). Provided below is an abstract of the article:

This review essay of Hendrik Hartog’s Someday All This Will Be Yours undertakes a brief overview of some of the massive changes in middle-class planning for old age and inheritance in the United States over the course of the past century, focusing on the increased role of the state as a source of funding and regulation, the rise of the elder law bar, and the resulting new tools and motives for the transfer of property in exchange for care in the age of Medicaid.