New York State Bar Challenges “Granny Goes To Jail”
DECEMBER 8, 1997 VOLUME 5, NUMBER 23 Last year the U.S. Congress, concerned over the rising cost of long-term health care, adopted legislation intended to restrict the availability of information about Medicaid coverage for such care. The new enactment, frequently referred to as the “Granny’s Lawyer Goes to Jail” law, declared that any person who…