Mainecare/Medicaid prints on its yearly reviews that it will claim the estates of recipients up to the amount of medical services rendered. Most elderly people and an increasing number nationwide have no other health insurance available that will supplement Medicare. This entitles states to take property and bank accounts that would normally be left to children, grandchildren, and charitable organizations. People have to come together and take this issue to court as many times as it takes to make certain that inheritance is still available. The government does not need to force future generations into poverty. Social Services was put into place to help people.