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Extending Medicaid Long-Term Care Impoverishment Protections to Same-Sex Couples

Craig Konnoth

Co-author(s)

Jennifer Pizer ,

Christy Mallory ,

Brad Sears

Date

2012-6

Website

Citation

Craig Konnoth et al., Extending Medicaid Long-Term Care Impoverishment Protections to Same-Sex Couples, Report to Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (2012).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Craig Konnoth

Constitutional Law

Human Rights Program

Center for the Study of Race and Law

Health Law

Family Law Center

LawTech Center

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