Getting Divorced for a Knee Replacement?

Legal hurdles can be surprising!

Like many aging Wisconsinites, Peggy found her knees weren't what they used to be. But she and her husband discovered their combined retirement income was just $100/year too much for them to get Medicaid assistance anymore. 

And surgery would be expensive without it. 

The unexpected answer was divorce. As the law is written, Peggy and her husband can both qualify for Medicaid as single people, just not together as a married couple.

It's the kind of snag policymakers can't always predict. But civil legal aid attorneys commonly find unexpected solutions to unexpected problems.

Hear Peggy tell her whole story in the video.