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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Open enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Part A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Part B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Part C]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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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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		<title>Late Second Marriage?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/08/late-second-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/08/late-second-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wills (or Not!)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estate planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special needs trusts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tying the Knot? Or Just Moving In? A Famous Late Second Marriage! Considering a second marriage? For terribly unromantic reasons (I guess I’m the anti-cupid . . . darn lawyer!) you should plan carefully – very carefully – before going into a later-in-life second marriage. The religious prescription not to enter a marriage “unadvisedly or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Great Ways to Cause an Elder Law Train Wreck</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/08/10-ways-to-cause-an-elder-law-train-wreck/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/08/10-ways-to-cause-an-elder-law-train-wreck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advance Directives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trusts generally]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elder Law Planning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[intestacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special needs trusts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an elder law and special needs attorney I get a track-side seat for a pile of planning train wrecks: Here are the best ones . . . This is a column for the contrarians among us who will insist, against mounds of advice, on creating maximum legal havoc. Here are ten great ways to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONLINE ESTATE PLANNING COULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/05/online-estate-planning-could-be-very-expensive/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/05/online-estate-planning-could-be-very-expensive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 20:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wills (or Not!)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online estate planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trusts generally]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will forms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert (he’s the guy who defended OJ!) Shapiro’s LegalZoom, an active seller of do-it-yourself wills and other estate planning documents, is the target of a class action lawsuit in California charging that the company engages in deceptive business practices and is practicing law without a license. The lawsuit arose after an estate plan using LegalZoom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WILL WAIVERS AND BLOCK GRANTS SQUEEZE NURSING HOME MEDICAID?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/04/medicaid-waivers-and-block-grants/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/04/medicaid-waivers-and-block-grants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[block grants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid block grants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid budget cuts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicaid is heading for a squeeze. No doubt. One of my jobs is to try to keep up on how that Medicaid squeeze may come about. My guess is it will come in the form of something called a “waiver.” Learn about waivers here and see what may be coming to a state near you. [...]]]></description>
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