Limiting State Medicaid Agency Attempts to Expand the "Any Circumstances" Test: An Analysis of Massachusetts' Multiyear Legal Battle Over the Use of Irrevocable Trusts in Long-Term Care Planning.

The article focuses on the issues of use of irrevocable trusts in long-term Medicaid care planning in the U.S. Topics discussed include Medicaid laws concerning an individual's ability to use irrevocable trusts in long-term care planning; limiting State Medicaid agency in Massachusetts; and Doherty v. Director of the Office of Medicaid court case on same.