MassHealth’s legal department has recently become issuing opinion letters to the MassHealth case workers stating that assets in burial trusts are countable assets, which is in clear contradiction to the regulations.  In the MassHealth appeal 120957, the fair hearing officer writes “Without reviewing the specific life insurance policies or the funeral trust in this case, MassHealth’s legal unit has concluded, according to the MassHealth representative, that it “isn’t accepting burial trusts anymore.”   This is a problem, because as far as this fair hearing officer is aware, the regulation allowing burial trusts has not changed since the last revision on 2/10/06.”

For the full MassHealth fair hearing opinion click: MassHealth Appeal 120957

Margaret L. Cross-Beliveau, Esq., LL.M.

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