Paczko v. Ohio Dep't of Job & Family Servs.

MELODY J. STEWART, J.:

{¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant Eleanor Paczko appeals from a decision of the court of common pleas that upheld an Ohio Department of Job and Family Services administrative decision not to include certain transferred resources when it recalculated her restricted Medicaid coverage period ("RCMP"). Finding no error in the trial court's decision, we affirm.

{¶ 2} Although Medicaid is a program based on financial need, persons with substantial personal assets can make themselves eligible for benefits without first spending down their assets. One way of doing so is called the…