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Home » Medicaid

Medicaid

Uncompensated Transfers

June 12, 2020 by Stephen Hartnett

Medicaid is a state-federal partnership that provides medical benefit assistance to people who qualify, especially those over 65 years of age. However, in order to qualify, you also need to meet certain financial requirements such as asset limits. However, if you have made “uncompensated transfers,” that could lead to a period of disqualification from the program. Read on to learn more. Uncompensated Transfers … [Read more...] about Uncompensated Transfers

Filed Under: Estate Planning, Legal Education Tagged With: Estate Planning, Medicaid, lookback

Irrevocable Medicaid Trusts

June 5, 2020 by Stephen Hartnett

Medicaid is a state-federal partnership that provides medical benefit assistance to certain needy people, especially those over 65 years of age. However, you need to meet financial requirements such as asset limits to qualify. Assets in an irrevocable trust not for your benefit typically don’t count as available. Read on to learn more. Irrevocable Medicaid Trusts … [Read more...] about Irrevocable Medicaid Trusts

Filed Under: Estate Planning, Legal Education Tagged With: Estate Planning, Medicaid

How Will You Obtain the Care You Need?

October 18, 2019 by Stephen Hartnett

What’s the right direction for you in planning for the help you might need in the future? Seven in ten of us will need long-term care at some point in our lives. Here are possible paths for covering the assistance you may need. How Will You Obtain the Care You Need? … [Read more...] about How Will You Obtain the Care You Need?

Filed Under: Legal Education, Estate Planning Tagged With: Estate Planning, Medicaid, Insurance, long term care, LTC

Why Crowdfunding May Cost You Medicaid Eligibility

September 6, 2019 by Stephen Hartnett

Each year, crowdfunding websites raise money for causes. Did you know such a website could impact your eligibility to receive Medicaid? Read on to learn how crowdfunding can impact Medicaid eligibility. Why Crowdfunding May Cost You Medicaid Eligibility … [Read more...] about Why Crowdfunding May Cost You Medicaid Eligibility

Filed Under: Estate Planning, Legal Education Tagged With: Medicaid, crowdfunding, eligibility, GoFundMe

ABLE Accounts

May 3, 2019 by Stephen Hartnett

An ABLE account is a great strategy for someone who became disabled by age 26. An ABLE account may be income tax-free. It has other unique benefits for a disabled person. Read on to learn more about the ABLE account and how it can help. ABLE Accounts … [Read more...] about ABLE Accounts

Filed Under: Estate Planning, Legal Education Tagged With: Medicaid, ssi, disabled, 529A, 529, ABLE

Incapacity Planning

August 22, 2018 by Stephen Hartnett

Nobody wants incapacity, not for yourself and not for your loved ones. But planning for that possibility can avoid complications and increase options. The article discusses the elements of incapacity planning and the need for flexibility to do Medicaid planning. It discusses how a trust with Medicaid triggers can allow that. Incapacity Planning   … [Read more...] about Incapacity Planning

Filed Under: Estate Planning, Legal Education Tagged With: Estate Planning, Medicaid, powers of attorney, incapacity, revocable trust, unexpected, Medicaid triggers

Yes, Estate Planning Matters

April 2, 2014 by Ellen LaPlante

Our country, as a whole, has seen many shifts in the financial and healthcare sectors in recent years. The Affordable Care Act really changed everything – especially the way Americans see healthcare. While the internet provides instant access to anything you can imagine, it’s also prone to many experts with ulterior motives doing their best to shift the facts and of course, information is subjective. What one person reads and takes away from any website might be construed in a different way by … [Read more...] about Yes, Estate Planning Matters

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Medicaid, Trusts, estate plan, healthcare laws, living wills, elderly, health care directives, end of life decisions, obamacare, health care laws, medical powers of attorney, death panel, hospice care

Changes Ahead for VA Aid & Attendance Benefits?

March 26, 2014 by Ellen LaPlante

Never let it be said that our lawmakers have no capacity of time management, especially when it comes to getting bills passed into law. There aren’t many veterans and their families who take advantage of the Aid and Attendance benefits that are part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, but those who do say it’s crucial to ensuring their quality of life. Unfortunately, there could be problems ahead for the means tested program. The Aid & Attendance Benefits Timeline Several years ago, … [Read more...] about Changes Ahead for VA Aid & Attendance Benefits?

Filed Under: Elder Law Tagged With: Medicaid, medicare, veterans administration, aid & attendance benefits, applications, veteran, five year look back period, three year look back period, veteran's estate

Elderly Activism?

March 19, 2014 by Ellen LaPlante

Just because the stereotype portrays today’s elderly American as docile, rocking chair bound and cookie-baking grandmas and grandpas, it doesn’t mean it’s accurate. Surely, some – if not most – of us look forward to the day we can retire, slow down our pace and reacquaint ourselves with the concept of relaxation, but for others, it’s all about making a statement. If that “statement” happens to make the international news, well, then, all the better. Such as the case with Sister Megan Rice. In … [Read more...] about Elderly Activism?

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Medicaid, retirement, healthcare laws, medicare, elderly american, sister mega rice, defense facility, tennessee, national security complex, activism, volunteerism

Disappointing Turnout for Alzheimer’s Testimony

March 17, 2014 by Ellen LaPlante

In what should have resulted in a robust turnout among the nation’s lawmakers actually became testimony about Alzheimer’s disease being delivered to just two senators. Seth Rogen, a Hollywood actor, director and producer who’s starred in several films, testified in front of the Senate Committee on Appropriations about the rising costs of Alzheimer’s disease and to ask what the committee intended to in order to provide better funding. One look at the statistics reveals why so many Americans are … [Read more...] about Disappointing Turnout for Alzheimer’s Testimony

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Estate Planning, Medicaid, Trusts, medicare, senior citizens, alzheimer's disease, seth rogen, retirment

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