Resources are different from income. Some examples of resources include cash, bank accounts, stocks, bonds, IRA's and property. Other potential resources may be explored when you apply. The resources you are allowed to have while receiving Medicaid are exempt during our lifetime. This means that DSS cannot make you use them for your care. However, upon death, the balance becomes a part of your estate and is used to help pay your creditors, including the Department of Health and Human Services.
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