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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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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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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>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[Nursing Homes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Veterans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aid and Attendance]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
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		<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>

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		<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>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>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Wills (or Not!)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elder Law Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estate planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intestacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special needs trusts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wills]]></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>CASH-IN A BIG IRA AND PAY BIG MEDICARE PREMIUMS</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/05/cash-in-a-big-ira-and-pay-big-medicare-premiums/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/05/cash-in-a-big-ira-and-pay-big-medicare-premiums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 13:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cashing in an IRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare premiums]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; What does cashing in an IRA, or perhaps converting to a Roth IRA, have to do with Medicare premiums? Maybe a lot . . . a lot of your money. Occasionally a person going into a nursing home may have to cash in an IRA. In other situations converting a traditional IRA into a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BUSTING THE MEDICARE &#8220;PLATEAU&#8221; MYTH</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/02/busting-the-medicare-plateau-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/02/busting-the-medicare-plateau-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[failure to progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare plateau]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://masonlawpc.com/?p=968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I could retire if I had a dollar (better make it five dollars) for every client who had been told she would not qualify for further Medicare nursing home coverage because she was no longer improving or had “plateaued”. Nonsense. Time to bust a myth! Medicare Nursing Home Basics Medicare pays a limited amount of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security Disability Determinations Speed Up . . . A Little</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/02/social-security-disability-determinations-speed-up-a-little/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/02/social-security-disability-determinations-speed-up-a-little/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability determinations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ask anyone with a Social Security disability determination for a quick description of the process and be prepared for something like: Agony. Or glacial. Or maddening. There may be a glimmer of hope for some. On February 12 the Social Security Administration added to the list of conditions that will be considered under the compassionate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Medicare Advantage Plans &#8211; Coastal Senior, September 2007</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/coastal-senior-september-2007-more-on-medicare-advantage-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/coastal-senior-september-2007-more-on-medicare-advantage-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coastal Senior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage Plans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coastal Senior is a monthly periodical published in Savannah, Georgia and circulated throughout the Georgia and South Carolina low country. Bob Mason is its legal columnist. In case you missed my last column, I am not a fan of Medicare Advantage Plans. Proponents of the plans will tell you they offer “more options” to seniors. In my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Dis-Advantage Plans? &#8211; Coastal Senior, August 2007</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/coastal-senior-august-2007-medicare-dis-advantage-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/coastal-senior-august-2007-medicare-dis-advantage-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coastal Senior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage Plans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coastal Senior is a monthly periodical published in Savannah, Georgia and circulated throughout the Georgia and South Carolina low country. Bob Mason is its legal columnist. Medicare can be confusing enough as it is. The past few years Medicare has gotten even more confusing with new “Part D Drug Plans” and the somewhat older “Medicare [...]]]></description>
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