( June 24, 2024, 9:16 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — A unanimous Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a lower court decision upholding a ruling issued by a Medicaid hearing board denying a nursing home resident’s application for Medicaid long-term care (LTC) benefits, finding that the board correctly determined that the resident failed to meet his burden of eligibility pursuant to state regulations to show lack of cooperation by his wife’s refusal to provide her financial information....