Long Term (Nursing Home) Medicaid Limits in Texas20182019Income Limit (one Medicaid patient)$2,250/mo$2,313/mo Income Limit (both spouses)$4,500/mo$4,626/mo Countable Asset Limit$2,000$2,000 Protected Resource Amount, minimum$24,720$25,284 Protected Resource Amount, maximum$123,600$126,420 Spouse Maintenance Allowance (MMMNA)$3,090/mo$3,160.50/mo Transfer Penalty$172.65/day as of 09/01/2017$172.65/day as of 09/01/2017 Home Equity Limit$572,000$585,000 Inexpensive Medicaid & E

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on December 22, 2015. Dear Mr. Premack: You say that you and he inherited your mother’s house. There were a few ways that might have happened: via a probated Will, via a Living Trust, via a Life Estate Deed, or via the intestacy laws. Whatever example she set may be a good motivator for your brother. If she selected an easy route, he can emulate it. If she selected a difficult route, he can reflect on ways to avoid th

This column first appeared in the San Antonio Express News on December 11, 2015. Dear Mr. Premack: My father and my mother separated, but did not divorce, when mother moved in with my sister in San Antonio in 1999. My father remained in their house on 5 acres about 150 miles away. In 2004 my mother was approved for Medicaid, which pays for her health problems. My father passed away in 2012. We are considering probating his Will (which leaves everything to my mother). She is c