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Lord & Lindley - Lawyers in Charlotte NC

FTC Alert: Nursing Homes Cannot Claim Residents’ Stimulus Payments

May 21, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission issued a warning that nursing homes in several states are trying to require their Medicaid residents to sign over their stimulus checks.  However, according to the CARES Act, these payments are tax credits, and tax credits do not count as “resources” for the purposes of federal benefits programs like Medicaid. Individuals…

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