My Aunt is worried about her car (valued at roughly 3K) being taken as an asset after her death. She is a California resident. This is the one thing she wants to keep in the family. Does Medicaid/Medicare actually do this...take a car and sell it to recoup some of the cost of having funded her while she was alive? They recently sent her a form about it, wanting to know if she still owns it.
Don't forget, the taxpayers are funding Medicaid, along with funds from the Federal government.