Recent comments in /f/massachusetts

freshpicked12 t1_j8umabw wrote

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CatoFriedman t1_j8ujjxz wrote

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RiverRATT65 t1_j8uj6sp wrote

You can have mass health and probably will pay a small amount for it every month. It depends on your income level. Standard mass health pretty much covers most medications and you might have a small co pay. There are different mass health plans like the ones on the connector. Mass health will let you know which ones are available to you and if you have a small insurance payment every month. As far as mass health taking your assets, please look up the information on the mass health website. I doubt you have much to worry about. Edit here it is MassHealth may recover assets from:

Any members who received care after age 55 or older, or

Members of any age who were permanently in a long-term care or other medical facility (like a nursing home

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crispinclover t1_j8uiazd wrote

Swampscott- 25 min to North Station and so easily within a 1hr commute unless you're working around Alewife. You can get 3BRs for <650 in some parts of town. Good schools and a new k-5 school going in right now if you have young kids.

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Quirky_Butterfly_946 t1_j8uhitc wrote

FYI, MassHealth will need to be repaid to the state from your estate upon death. So what you use for Masshealth will need to be paid back. It is the same with Medicaid too.

I know this is not part of your questions, of which I do not have any answers, but thought as a PSA, people should be aware that this is not free care.

People should know what their total indebtedness is if anyone wishes to leave any estate to their children/spouse. So if someone needs to go into a nursing home too, and have it paid for by Medicaid as the costs are insane, please know that when a person dies the state can take your assets like your home to cover what they paid to the nursing home.

People should be able to know what their cost load is so that if they want to pay it down while they are alive, they should be able to do that.

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BeastCoast t1_j8ueb8u wrote

Best school districts sub 1 hour (remember traffic is a thing too) are gonna be starting in the 800s for 3bd that aren’t falling apart. I’m probably even being a little generous on the price.

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Any_Advantage_2449 t1_j8udkvu wrote

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riqk t1_j8udaii wrote

That budget is absolutely fine up to an hour outside of Cambridge, are you kidding? Housing prices are bad, sure, but their radius puts them almost anywhere from Cambridge to New Bedford going south, my guy. Plenty of good places to live with that budget.

Edit- just noticed it said UNDER an hour, so not as big a radius as I thought, but the point still stands

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