While you aren’t technically required to hire a lawyer to draft a will, failing to do so can lead to costly problems for your family and other heirs. A will is a legal document that directs who will receive your property when you die. The legal requirements are...
Qualifying for Medicare hardly means free health care — there are still premiums and deductibles. However, people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid (called “dual eligibility”) receive help paying their out-of-pocket costs. Medicare is a federal program...
Caring for an ailing family member is difficult work, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be unpaid work. There are programs available that allow Medicaid recipients to hire family members as caregivers. All 50 states have programs that provide pay to family...
A Maryland appeals court rules that the daughter of a nursing home resident who was under independent guardianship did not prove it was in her mother’s best interest to remove her from her nursing home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Matter of Boone (Md. Ct....
A Massachusetts trial court holds that the state is required to be named as the primary beneficiary on an annuity purchased by the community spouse of a Medicaid recipient. American National Insurance Co. v. Breslouf (Mass. Sup. Ct., No. 2084CV02374, June 3, 2021)....
Medicaid long-term care benefits traditionally pay mainly for nursing home care, but the federal government can grant “waivers” to states allowing them to expand Medicaid to include home and community-based services. The downside is that receiving care in a nursing...
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