No, You don’t necessarily have to cash out life insurance when applying for Medicaid
How often have I heard clients tell me they were told to cash out a life insurance policy as part of a “Medicaid spend-down,” because it was “an asset.” The fact is, whether a given policy needs to be liquidated depends on who owns the policy, what its cash surrender value is, and who is applying for Medicaid benefits. There’s no “one rule for all...