Tomorrow October 15, 2018 starts the Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Period. Now is a good time to learn more about and better understand Medicare. You have been seeing a lot of Medicare advertising recently. Most all of the …
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2019 Medicare Annual Enrollment Starts October 15, 2018
It’s fall and the time of year to review your Medicare coverages. The Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Period will soon be upon us. The Medicare Annual Open Enrollment Period has remained the same this year as the last several years, …
Common Questions about Nursing Home Medicaid Eligibility
You have spent an entire life accumulating your assets. Nursing home admission is imminent or already has happened. You do not know what to do. The nursing home said that because you are single, you only can keep a home, …
Should You Consider Long-Term Care Insurance?
According to an AARP survey, 43% of 65 year old persons will spend time in a nursing home. Of those, 55% will spend more than one year in a nursing home and 21% will stay more than five years. And …
Keeping Secrets May Not Be the Wisest Thing To Do
If you are like most people, you like to keep things private. Nobody needs to know what you own, how much you make or how much you pay in taxes. Or do they? A lot of people try to do …
The Truth About Hospice Care – Top Eight Misconceptions
There are many misunderstandings and misconceptions regarding hospice care. You have heard about hospice care and that it has something to do with end of life. But do you really know what it is? The US Code of Federal Regulations …
Protecting Assets in the Event of Nursing Home Admission
If you went into the nursing home, would you like your assets go to the nursing home or to your loved ones? This is a question that we ask each of our estate planning clients. For most all of our …
Top Five Estate Planning Questions
Because of all the estate planning that we do, we get a lot of estate planning questions on a daily basis. In today’s column we are going to discuss the top five estate planning questions that we regularly get in …
Family Friendly Spend-Down Options for Nursing Home Medicaid Qualification
If you had to go into a nursing home, do you want your assets to go to the nursing home or to your loved ones? This is a question that we ask all of our estate planning clients when we …
Protecting Your House When You Qualify for Nursing Home Medicaid
You or your spouse cannot live at home anymore. You need assistance 24/7. You have no choice but to go into a nursing home. You were told, incorrectly, that you had to spend down your assets on nursing home care, …