Can you have medicaid if you have a bank account?

I am the same age as your grandmother and I am on Medicaid. You are allowed to have $2000 in total assets including the bank account without losing Medicaid. You cannot do much legally since her son probably has Power of Attorney in financial and health matters. Your grandmother probably has a joint account with her son.

Yes, she can have her own bank account. They shouldn't be getting any letters on your grandmother's behalf. Whoever - they say - is sending a letter would be breaching grandmother's privacy and would not send letters to anyone. Someone else needs to look at this letter. Your grandmother should be on Medicare. Medicaid may have a limit as to how much grandmother can have in assets. Obviously she doesn't have her own home. But she is allowed to. And a car. I think the dollar limit might be about $2000.00. My sister is on social security and medicare. She takes care of her own business. I don't get letters on her behalf. She has a checking and savings account. Please check on what Medicaid allows. You can google it and find a boatload of information. Her son should not be screwing grandmother out of her retirement.