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Medicaid Cuts to Save State Money
The Florida Independent recently published an article by Ashley Lopez discussing the state’s efforts to cut costs by limiting Medicaid coverage: Kaiser Health News and USA Today report that Florida is among a slew of states that have been cutting costs by limiting hospital coverage in their Medicaid plans. Last week, an official for Florida’s […]
read more >Non-Service Related Pensions for Veterans
Two benefits available to vets or their widows are the Improved Pension and the Aid and Attendance Program. Both programs require the vet to have served for 90 days of active service with at least one day of service during wartime with no dishonorable discharge. Vets who entered service after September 8, 1980, may have […]
read more >How to Draft and Use DRA Compliant Promissory Notes
One area where the elder law bar considered there to be an expanded planning opportunity was in promissory note planning. Then along came the DRA, with provisions that seemed to revive the use of notes in the planning process by setting clear guidelines, which, if followed, deemed the use of a note not to be […]
read more >Revitalization of Promissory Notes as a Medicaid Planning Tool
Recent implementation of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 has resulted in Medicaid policies that are just now being utilized by the Elder Law Bar as a new planning opportunity for asset preservation for families with loved ones seeking long term care. This change was set forth in the ESS manual in January 2010. However, […]
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