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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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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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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 Use These Tax Rules To Deduct Assisted Living Costs?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/03/can-you-use-these-tax-rules-to-deduct-assisted-living-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax deductions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mom is in an assisted living facility.  Mom and Dad both receive Social Security (total is about $20,000).  Dad receives a federal retirement system pension of $35,000. Because the assisted living facility costs about $3,800 monthly ($45,600 annually) and they have other unreimbursed medical expenses (mostly drugs) of $3,000, Dad has liquidated half of a [...]]]></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>
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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>Veterans Scam Alert: Happening At An Assisted Living Facility Near You!</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/11/veterans-scam-alert-happening-at-an-assisted-living-facility-near-you/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/11/veterans-scam-alert-happening-at-an-assisted-living-facility-near-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A scam common in many parts of the country has come to central North Carolina. Veterans (and widows of veterans) are being duped into funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars into totally inappropriate (even disastrous) annuities. The come on? “I can qualify Mom for another $1,056 a month in veterans benefits and you’ll be able [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Irrevocable 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>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[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wills (or Not!)]]></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>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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		<title>Do I Need A Lawyer To Qualify For Medicaid? &#8211; Coastal Senior, December 2009</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/do-i-need-a-lawyer-to-qualify-for-medicaid-coastal-senior-december-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/do-i-need-a-lawyer-to-qualify-for-medicaid-coastal-senior-december-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coastal Senior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coastal Senior is a monthly periodical covering the South Carolina and Georgia low country.  Bob Mason is its legal columnist. For many people, Medicaid may be the only financing option for nursing home level of care. Medicare has limited benefits. Most people do not own long term care insurance. And for most, private paying $6,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Consider Long Term Care Insurance</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/why-you-should-consider-long-term-care-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/why-you-should-consider-long-term-care-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medicare will only pay for up to 100 days of nursing care following a hospital stay, and there are serious limitations on those benefits. Further, Medicare will not pay for long-term care that involves non-medical help with daily tasks, e.g., bathing, dressing. Also, Medigap policies and regular health insurance do not pay for long-term care that involves [...]]]></description>
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