My Mom died without a will and less than $3000. Will Medicaid take it?

Presumably, costs associated with the funeral and disposition of bodily remains -- which are first priority claims -- will well exceed the small amount of money you mentioned, so Medicare/caid shouldn't be any issue.

 

This question was answered for you last week on the other site you on.

 

I thought this sounded familiar.

It's one thing when someone posts the same thing on multiple sites at roughly the same time, but it's very odd when, as here, the OP posts at Site A, receives multiple responses within 3-4 hours, doesn't post further, and then posts the same thing at Site B (this is clearly just a cut and paste job).

 

I agree. This thread is really unnecessary.

 

Please accept my condolences upon the recent loss of your mother.

Have you contacted social security and/or medicare to report your mother's death?

To report the death of a person with Medicare: Make sure you have the person's Social Security Number. You then need to call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213.

Social Security SHOULD notify Medicare of the death.

If the deceased was receiving Social Security payments, the payment for the month of the death must be returned to Social Security.

In most cases, the funeral home will report the person's death to SS. You must make sure you give the funeral home the deceased person's Social Security number if you want them to make the report.

Benefits end in the month of the beneficiary’s death, regardless of the date, because under Social Security regulations a person must live an entire month to qualify for benefits. There is no prorating of a final benefit for the month of death. If Social Security pays the deceased's benefit for that month because it was not notified of the death in time, the survivors or representative payee will have to return the money Do You Have To Pay Back Social Security When Someone Dies? .

 

I don't know what you were looking at, but it wasn't your thread. There are several replies on your thread posted last week. Also your profile on that site shows you haven't been online since you posted the thread last Friday.

My mom passed without a will and a very mall estate..will Medicaid/Medicare take it?

 

On what date did your mother pass away?

The payment a SS beneficiary receives in November is for October.
The payment received in December is for November.

You're going to love what I type next.

This is where I read what I'll post.

If you wish, you can read the entire document.

https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10077.pdf

I've taken the liberty of extracting a relevant snippet.

This comes directly from the bureaucrats that administer Social Security:

When does Social Security stop after death?

Let us know if a person receiving Social Security benefits dies.

We can't pay benefits for the month of death.

That means if the person died in July, the check received in August (which is payment for July) must be returned.

 

It appears you've won a small battle against the beasts who plague our lives.

Good on you, mate.

 

Ain't that the truth. LOL