Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) might describe it as an open-and-shut case. When the SSA closed its field offices at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it remained open for the purposes of denying benefits. But,...
Being able to make health care decisions for ourselves is so important to us, but what happens if you become incapacitated and are unable to voice your opinion? If you don’t have a health care proxy or guardian in place, state law chooses who can make those...
Medicaid law provides special protections for the spouses of Medicaid applicants to make sure the spouses have the minimum support needed to continue to live in the community while their husband or wife is receiving long-term care benefits, usually in a nursing home....
For those aging in Kansas City, we are blessed with many wonderful senior living communities. However, some seniors do prefer to stay at home as long as possible rather than move into an elder care community such as assisted living. For many families, this means...
A New Jersey appeals court holds that the state cannot impose a penalty period against a Medicaid applicant whose daughter returned transferred property to the non-institutionalized spouse. L.C. v. Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services (N.J. Super. Ct.,...
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