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		<title>Life Estates In 5 Minutes</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/05/life-estates-in-5-minutes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding life estates may be essential if protecting the home (or other real property) is an important goal. Getting the concept down, however, can be a bit confusing. Confusion be gone! Read on! Blame the English for our confusing real property law. I am convinced that the concepts involved in this article were invented in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Dodge These Looming Threats?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/04/can-you-dodge-these-looming-threats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have that uneasy feeling that you ought to be doing something . . . just not sure what. Perhaps Mom or Dad has been exhibiting some troubling health symptoms. As the oldest/only/closest child you know that it will be up to you to come up with a solution. You’ve also been reading the news. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Can You Earn Without Paying Taxes On Social Security?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/03/how-much-can-you-earn-without-paying-taxes-on-social-security/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/03/how-much-can-you-earn-without-paying-taxes-on-social-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tax Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You now realize Mom has to file a tax return because her gross income exceeds $10,950.  If ½ her Social Security benefits PLUS her income from all other sources is LESS than $25,000 (call it her “Combined Income”), but her non-Social Security income from all sources is more than $10,950, then she will have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Special Needs Trust Beneficiaries Eat Their Pets?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/02/should-special-needs-trust-beneficiaries-eat-their-pets/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/02/should-special-needs-trust-beneficiaries-eat-their-pets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In-kind Support and Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNTs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special needs trusts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supplemental Security Income]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent Question: Bob, is it OK for the trustee of a special needs trust to purchase a $2,000 pure bred spaniel for the trust beneficiary, Edwina? Recent Answer: Only if Edwina is not planning on eating the dog. I’ll explain. First, you’ll need to understand the SSI income rules and what In Kind Support and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Put Some Power in Your Power of Attorney!</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/01/put-some-power-in-your-power-of-attorney/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/01/put-some-power-in-your-power-of-attorney/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Powers of Attorney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;Power&#8221; of Attorney Does your power of attorney have all the muscle that it needs? A flabby, wimpy power of attorney can be dangerous because it may lull you into a false sense of security and leave you susceptible to getting smacked when you thought you were protected. Often, one of the first documents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COLA Season!  Social Security, Medicare, VA, SSI, Medicaid Adjusted</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/12/cola-season-social-security-medicare-va-ssi-medicaid-adjusted/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/12/cola-season-social-security-medicare-va-ssi-medicaid-adjusted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Veterans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Security recently announced a cost of living adjustment (COLA), the first since 2009. The 3.6% adjustment is important to more than seniors looking forward to the monthly benefit check because it drives a number of other important benefit levels as well. In addition to Social Security retirement benefits, the adjustment applies to Social Security [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Medicare Secondary Payer?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/11/what-is-medicare-secondary-payer/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/11/what-is-medicare-secondary-payer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare secondary payer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Plain English explanation of why Medicare can (and should) grab part of your worker’s comp or court settlement . . . and what to do about it!  Give me five minutes! I proudly told my 94 year-old Mom and 15 year-old son that I had just been awarded something called a “Medicare Set-aside Certified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Through The Part A Part B Part C Part D (whew) Enrollment Phase</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/11/getting-through-the-part-a-part-b-part-c-part-d-whew-enrollment-phase/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/11/getting-through-the-part-a-part-b-part-c-part-d-whew-enrollment-phase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare supplemental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medigap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Part A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Part B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Part C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Part D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special enrollment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://masonlawpc.com/?p=1272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; What do Halloween and Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Periods have in common? A. They both are spooky. B. They happen at about the same time. C. They leave many people in the dark. D. Too much of either can make you sick. E. All of the above. The correct answer, of course, is:  E.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naming A Trust As IRA Beneficiary: Great Idea? Bad Idea?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/10/naming-a-trust-as-ira-beneficiary-great-idea-bad-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/10/naming-a-trust-as-ira-beneficiary-great-idea-bad-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRAs & Retirement Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trusts generally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estate planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irrevocable trusts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special needs trusts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to conventional wisdom you should always name your spouse as beneficiary of an IRA. Let’s smash some traditional pumpkins (I am writing this in October, after all). Read on to understand why it might be a great idea to name a trust as the beneficiary of an IRA and what some of the trade-offs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kill Your IRA. Get Away With Murder.</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/10/kill-your-ira-get-away-with-murder/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/10/kill-your-ira-get-away-with-murder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRAs & Retirement Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Individual Retirement Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nursing home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terminating an IRA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For many people, this may be a great time to kill an IRA. Dismantle it. Take it down. Cash it in. And save thousands of dollars doing it. Especially as we head into the home stretch of 2011. Many of my financial advisor friends are now on the floor. They think I’ve “gone ‘round the [...]]]></description>
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