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[Music] How do you protect your assets against  Medicaid's look back? Hi, I'm Lynn St. Louis,   Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney at Elder  Law Group. We are experts in Medicaid planning,   this is an area of practice that very few  attorneys practice in but it's something   that we do because we really care about our  clients and we want to make sure that everything   they've worked so hard for isn't spent down on  their long-term care costs or isn't subject to   the state's Estate recovery. I have a lot of  experience with this. I helped my parents over   fourteen years of long-term care. So it really  matters, it really matters to all of us here   at Elder Law Group. Let's start with some basics.  What pays for long-term care? Does Medicare?   No, only Medicaid will pay for  your long-term care costs. So   that's something that comes as an unpleasant  surprise to a lot of people. Alright so Medicaid   pays for long-term care. How does that work? We