Petition of Estate of Thea Braiterman

The petitioner, the Estate of Thea Braiterman, filed a petition for writ of certiorari challenging a final decision of the Administrative Appeals Unit (AAU) of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), that upheld the determination that the applicant, Thea Braiterman, was ineligible for Medicaid-Old Age Assistance (Medicaid-OAA) benefits because her assets exceeded the eligibility threshold. See Sup. Ct. R. 11; see also 42 U.S.C. § 1396p(h)(1) (2012) (explaining that, for the purpose of determining Medicaid eligibility, the term “ ‘assets’ ” includes “all income and…