Legal Opinion
Robbins v. DeBuono
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 30, 2000No. Docket No. 99-7663PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
In March 1997, after suffering a stroke, plaintiff Robert H. Robbins went to live in a nursing home. Slightly less than one year later, his wife and attorney-in-fact, Nova H. Robbins, applied to the Monroe County Department of Social Services (“DSS”) for Medicaid coverage for Robert. Nova’s monthly income at that time was far below the amount federal and state law allows the “community spouse” of an institutionalized Medicaid recipient to retain, an amount often referred to as the minimum monthly maintenance needs allowance (“minimum income allowance”), see 42 U.S.C. §…
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