A Letter From an MPS MIT and Medicaid Case Worker

Friends,

I got word of an application approval today! It came in an odd way. The decision maker at our state Medicaid office called to tell me that the property in my client's MIT was available for her care.

He went on to quote from the MIT. "The trust says that the income of the trust shall be paid for the benefit of the income beneficiaries and the lifetime principal of the trust shall be paid for the benefit of the lifetime principal beneficiaries."

He then went on to say that the trust names “Jane” as the lifetime beneficiary.
While I tried to get my computer (which was acting up) to bring up the document, he re-read the relevant sections out loud twice. On the second rereading he dropped his voice and said, "oh', I see what you are saying. You are right."

He had been stonewalling me for 12 months. He would not answer my phone calls, nor respond to questions. My cynical suspicion is that he was waiting for our penalty period and Medicaid annuity to run out so he could spring the bad news on me when I no longer had time to react to the problem.

Once again, the MPS process wins in the end.

~ Very Happy MPS Attorney

PS. Hey new members... this stuff really does work.
PPS. I was gracious in victory.