Third Circuit Court Decision Affirms Medicaid Recipients of Any Age Are Allowed Use of Pooled Special Needs Trusts

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The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), along with the Special Needs Alliance and the Pennsylvania Association of Elder Law Attorneys (PAELA), filed a brief of amicus curiae in support of appellees, Zackery D. Lewis, et al., against the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare in Lewis v. Alexander, involving pooled special needs trusts (Case no. 2:06-cv-03963-JD, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit).

“Pooled special needs trusts let people with disabilities who have modest savings — as little as $5,000 — hold onto them without losing their Medicaid benefits,” said NAELA board member Ron M. Landsman, CAP, the principal author of the NAELA amicus curiae.