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Your Right to Refills If Medicare Drops Coverage of Your Drugs

Medicare prescription drug plans can change which drugs they cover, leaving you without coverage for a drug you need. Or you may switch plans into a plan that doesn’t cover your medication.

February 11, 2016 Advance Directives, Estate Planning, Health Care Proxy, Medicaid Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

The Hardship Exception to the Medicaid Penalty Period: Rare But Possible

If you transfer assets within five years of applying for Medicaid, you will likely be subject to a period of ineligibility. There is an exception, however, if enforcing the penalty period would cause the applicant an “undue hardship.”

December 22, 2015 Advance Directives, Estate Planning, Health Care Proxy, Medicaid Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

How Your IRA Can Benefit Both Your Heirs and Charity

Do you want to use your IRA to help a charity, but also benefit your heirs? Instead of leaving your IRA directly to your children, you can leave it to a charitable remainder unitrust (CRUT) while still benefiting your children.

Advance Directives, Estate Planning, Health Care Proxy, Medicaid Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

Should an Annuity Be Part of Your Retirement Planning?

Annuities can be valuable retirement and longevity planning tools, but they are complex financial products that can be misused. 

December 4, 2015 Advance Directives, Estate Planning, Health Care Proxy, Medicaid Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

Guide to Thanksgiving Conversations

It’s Thanksgiving and you are spending time with your family and friends. It is a  festive and happy time, perhaps a little stressful. You want to catch up with family members that you have not seen in a while, talk about the promotion you are getting at work and talk about your kids. Consider that… Read More »

November 25, 2015 Estate Planning, Health Care Proxy, Power of Attorney, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

Activities of Daily Living Measure the Need for Long-Term Care Assistance

Most long-term care involves assisting with basic personal needs rather than providing medical care.

November 20, 2015 Advance Directives, Estate Planning, Health Care Proxy, Medicaid Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

Medicare Announces Parts A and B Premiums and Deductibles for 2016

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has announced the 2016 Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurances . . .

November 12, 2015 Advance Directives, Estate Planning, Health Care Proxy, Medicaid Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

How to Choose a Trustee

If you create a trust, you will need a separate person or institution, called a “trustee,” to manage the trust either now or in the future, depending on the type of trust.  

November 9, 2015 Advance Directives, Estate Planning, Health Care Proxy, Medicaid Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

Robin Williams' Death Laid to Underdiagnosed Form of Dementia

Although depression was initially given as the cause of actor Robin Williams’ suicide in 2014, his widow says autopsy results lay the blame on Lewy body dementia, a fairly common but hard-to-diagnose form of dementia. 

November 6, 2015 Advance Directives, Estate Planning, Health Care Proxy, Medicaid Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills

New Federal Budget Ends Two Spousal Social Security Claiming Strategies

The federal budget agreement that President Obama signed into law November 2, 2015, contains changes to how spouses can claim Social Security benefits, ending two strategies previously used to maximize benefits.

November 3, 2015 Advance Directives, Estate Planning, Health Care Proxy, Medicaid Planning, Probate, Trusts, Uncategorized, Wills


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