Iowa Medicaid sends $4M bills to families grieving deaths of loved ones with disabilities

Iowa Medicaid sends $4M bills to two families grieving deaths of loved ones with disabilities

Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions of dollars from the estates of at least two people with disabilities who died after spending most of their lives in a state institution. The amounts represent what Medicaid spent covering the residents’ care when they lived at the Glenwood Resource Center, a state-run facility that closed last summer. The bills are extraordinary examples of a practice called Medicaid esta…

Grieving families get $4M Medicaid bills after deaths of loved ones with disabilities

The amounts represent what Medicaid spent covering the residents’ care when they lived at a state-run facility in Iowa that closed last summer.

Iowa Medicaid sends $4M bills to families grieving deaths of loved ones with disabilities

States are required to claw back health care costs from the estates of many Medicaid recipients. Some, including Iowa, act aggressively.

Iowa Medicaid Sends $4M Bills to Two Families Grieving Deaths of Loved Ones with Disabilities

Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions of dollars from the estates of at least two people with disabilities who died after spending most of their lives in a state institution. The amounts represent what Medicaid spent covering the residents’ care when they lived at the Glenwood Resource Center, a state-run facility that closed last summer. The bills are extraordinary examples of a practice called Medicaid esta…