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>twice as much
lol, that'd be better than what we currently have:

>Collection agents for the state of Iowa have sent letters seeking millions of dollars from the estates of at least two people with disabilities who died after spending most of their lives in a state institution.

>The amounts represent what Medicaid spent covering the residents’ care when they lived at the Glenwood Resource Center, a state-run facility that closed last summer.

>The bills are extraordinary examples of a practice called Medicaid estate recovery. Federal law requires states to try to collect money after some types of Medicaid recipients die. The point is to encourage people to use their own resources before relying on the public program. But some states, including Iowa, are particularly aggressive about the collections, national reports show.

>Joy Higgins was stunned by a letter she received a few weeks after her 41-year-old daughter, Kristin, died last May. The letter was written on Iowa Department of Health and Human Services stationery. At the top, in bold letters, it said, “Re: Kristin Higgins.”

>“Dear Joy Higgins,” the letter read. “Our sincere condolences to you, as we understand the above person is deceased.”

>The letter explained that any money Kristin Higgins left behind would have to be remitted to the state to help repay Medicaid $4,263,148.67. Her family had 30 days to respond.

https://www.mmm-online.com/news/iowa-medicaid-estate-recovery-families-disabilities-collections/

You aren't an American if you don't live with the anxiety of medical debt hanging over you like a sword of damocles.

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