Legal Opinion
Ahern v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided May 18, 1999No. SC 15845PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CALLAHAN, C. J.
Title XIX of the Social Security Act; 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.; provides that a determination of eligibility for medicaid benefits may be based on “only such income and resources as are . . . available *710to the applicant . . . -”1 In 1990, the plaintiff, Mildred F. Ahem, established and funded a trust. The sole issue in this administrative appeal is whether the principal of that trust is a resource “available” to the plaintiff for purposes of determining her eligibility to receive benefits under the medicaid program. We conclude that it is not available to her.
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