Me. Pooled Disability Trust v. Hamilton

KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns transfers of assets by individuals age sixty-five or older into what are called "pooled special needs trusts." The issue posed is whether such transfers are among those transfers that the Medicaid statute counts against eligibility for long-term care benefits. The district court held that they are. For the following reasons, we agree.

I

The pertinent facts are straightforward and materially undisputed.

Yvonne R. Richardson is an elderly resident of St. Joseph's Manor nursing facility in Portland, Maine. At the time of the complaint, Richardson was…