North Carolina Court of Appeals: WCMSA Not a Resource as it Relates to Medicaid Eligibility

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According to the Court of Appeals of North Carolina, a WCMSA was not considered a “countable resource” for purposes of determining a claimant’s Medicaid eligibility, Williford v. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 2016 N.C. App. LEXIS 1163 (November 15, 2016). The basic facts of the case involve a 68-year-old widow (Ms. Williford), who suffered a work injury in 2005. Ms. Williford became eligible for Medicare in 2009 when she turned 65. In April 2011, Ms. ...

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