You may keep personal property such as furniture, jewelry, your homestead and at least one motor vehicle.
As assets, anything she gains from the divorce can be taken if she's on Medicare/Medicaid. Is this divorce taking place because it's the only way to get her on Medicaid?
yes
The short answer is, you don't. Medicaid (and your fellow taxpayers) expect you to use your assets to pay for your medical care. The only way to "protect" your assets is to transfer them to someone else prior to the time you expect to need Medicaid (for nursing home care, at least 60 months prior), or spend them on some legitimate purpose for which you receive "fair market value."
Medicaid recipients can own their homes (and personal property such as furniture, clothing, etc.). However, they will probably have to sell any non-homestead property, especially if it is not producing income.
Unless one anticipates becoming ineligible for Medicaid, there is no good reason for a person who has both Medicare A & B and Medicaid to keep a private insurance plan. However, if you choose to do so, please do the taxpayers a favor and let your medical providers and your Medicaid caseworker know about the private plan, so that Medicaid will be billed only after the bill is "adjudicated" by Medicare and/or the private plan.
Probably, as long as the Rhode Island provider is willing to bill Connecticut Medicaid.
Medicaid has very restrictive rules for reimbursement (and they won't reimburse the actual expense, only what they would have paid). So your best bet is to ask the provider to return your payment and bill Medicaid. Keep in mind that the provider is not obligated to do this.
In order to keep dust form collecting, you must dust your furniture and use a furniture polish at least once a week. This will keep dust form accumulating on your furniture.
Write a letter to your caseworker at your Medicaid office. Include your case number and new and old addresses. Keep a copy of the letter.
An elevated piece of furniture used while covering messages?
Yes, altho the amount of UIB might put you over the Medicaid income limit.
Depending on the type of furniture the cleaning difficulty and range from medium to hard. If the furniture is laminated wood it will be fairly easy to keep clean. But is the furniture is stained it will be a lot more difficult to clean and maintain.