Medicaid coverage often has many requirements to qualify. Most notably, in many jurisdictions, there is an aggressive asset limit that requires you to liquidate

Medicaid coverage often has many requirements to qualify. Most notably, in many jurisdictions, there is an aggressive asset limit that requires you to liquidate almost everything you own, in order to get coverage when disabled or elderly. Those limits can apply retroactively up to five years, and can also prevent disabled people from being able to marry, because they would lose benefits due to a partner's assets.