Can a Revocable Living Trust Protect Assets From Medicaid Estate Recovery? After a Medicaid recipient dies, Ohio may seek recovery from property within the statutory estate-recovery framework. Surviving-spouse, hardship, title, probate, lien, and trust issues can affect whether and when recovery occurs. Long-term-care decisions mix health, housing, family authority, contracts, public benefits, and years of financial history. Small transactions can have large consequences when a Medicaid application later asks for records, and a rushed transfer can reduce options instead of protecting them. This guide explains the general Ohio framework in plain language and identifies the records and decisions that usually matter most. In this guide A clear answer to Can…