Entries by JBatsevitsky

IRREVOCABLE INCOME ONLY TRUST (FAVORABLE)

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Board of Hearings Appeal #1615178 (November 30, 2017). MassHealth denied the appellant’s application for MassHealth long-term care benefits because of excess assets. At issue was a trust containing real estate. MassHealth argued that the trust was countable because the appellant’s right to use and occupancy entitled the appellant to fair market value rental income from […]

SPOUSAL NON-COOPERATION (FAVORABLE)

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Board of Hearings Appeal #1601683 (June 23, 2017). MassHealth denied an application for long-term care benefits for failure to provide requested verifications. At hearing, the appellant was represented by her conservator. She testified that she had been trying to obtain missing documents but the appellant’s husband had not been cooperative in producing them. The record […]