Medicaid Recipients Have a Little More Time to Spend Down Their Stimulus Money
The one-year deadline for nursing home residents on Medicaid to spend down their first round of stim...
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Qualifying for Medicare hardly means free health care -- there are still premiums and deductibles. H...
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Medicaid long-term care benefits traditionally pay mainly for nursing home care, but the federal gov...
Read MoreMedicaid’s Attempt to Ensure the Healthy Spouse Is Not Impoverished: The CSRA
Medicaid law provides special protections for the spouses of Medicaid applicants to make sure the sp...
Read MoreWhat Happens to a Medicaid Recipient If the Community Spouse Dies First?
When one spouse is in a nursing home and applying for Medicaid, planning has to take into account th...
Read MoreThe Film ‘I Care a Lot’ Highlights Vulnerabilities in the Guardianship System
Netflix’s popular new movie, I Care a Lot, may be far-fetched in a lot of ways. However, it does ...
Read MoreBritney Spears Case Puts Renewed Focus on Guardianships and Less Restrictive Alternatives
Britney Spears’s legal fight to wrest back control over her personal and financial affairs has flo...
Read MoreUsing Estate Planning to Prepare for Medicaid
Long-term care involves not only a loss of personal autonomy; it also comes at a tremendous financia...
Read MoreEstate Planning in the Age of Stepfamilies
More than 4 in 10 Americans have at least one step-relative in their family – either a stepparent,...
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