Your state's pack. New issue every Monday. Bookmark it. I built this for the Washington T&E solo who knows Title 11 and the community-property rules cold but still loses an afternoon a week tracking the moving Apple Health pieces.
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Three developments I think actually matter to a Washington T&E solo. Each has a read that lands on your practice specifically — and each comes with a reachable citation so you can verify it yourself before you use it with a client.
HCA recovers long-term-care costs for recipients age 55+; for clients dying on or after September 14, 2006, the recoverable estate includes nonprobate assets (RCW 11.02.005) and any life-estate interest held immediately before death (RCW 41.05A.090, RCW 43.20B.080).
Unlike a probate-only state, a Washington plan can't rely on a TOD deed or living trust alone to defeat recovery — the nonprobate reach is the structural fact every LTC plan is built around.
Washington is a community-property state; the TOD deed statute (RCW 64.80, eff. June 12, 2014) has specific community-property and registered-domestic-partner joinder/revocation rules.
Community property gives a full double step-up at the first spouse's death — coordinate that basis benefit with CSRA planning, and watch the RCW 64.80 joinder rules so a one-spouse TOD deed does what the client expects.
Maximum CSRA is $162,660 (minimum $32,532); Washington applies the $752,000 home-equity floor; MMNA range $2,643.75–$4,066.50.
Two places this lands: community-spouse protection math and high-value-home clients. Flag the 2028 OBBBA flat $1,000,000 home-equity cap now.
42 U.S.C. § 1396p · CMS 2026 Standards (medicaid.gov)
This week in Washington for the T&E solo with Apple Health clients: what the WSBA, the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, and HCA / DSHS bulletins put in front of you.
The WSBA CLE calendar, the RPPT Section, and the HCA estate-recovery and Apple Health updates all publish on different schedules. This is that sift, already done, with the link on each item.