Heyn v. Director of the Office of Medicaid Massachusetts Appeals Court Holds That the Power to Purchase an Annuity Does Not Render the Corpus of an Irrevocable Trust a Countable Resource.

The article discuses decision of the Massachusetts Appeals Court for case Heyn v. Director of the Office of Medicaid. Topics discussed include specific reference of a case Nadeau v. Thorn; long-term care benefits of a nursing home resident Everlenna Roche terminated by the Massachusetts Medicaid and legislative history and case law concerning treatment of self-settled irrevocable irrevocable trusts.