Medicaid planning by a nonattorney is illegal and a Class A misdemeanor. Many of those offers come from people who want to sell investment products or illegally charge you fees.

Medicaid and Medicare were created by the same legislation — an addition to the Social Security Act — that was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965.

The Missouri Foundation for Health Spring 2010 Missouri Medicaid Basics report examines how federal health reform will impact Missouri’s Medicaid program, including raising income eligibility ...