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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>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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<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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		<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>Sole Benefit Trusts and Special Needs Trusts</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/09/sole-benefit-trusts-and-special-needs-trusts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sole Benefit Trust is an often neglected yet important type of Special Needs Trust that can be useful in planning for certain categories of individuals with disabilities. For example, a “Sole Benefit Trust” can be a useful solution for a disabled grantor who wishes to protect funds intended for a loved one with disabilities [...]]]></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[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>
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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>Social Security Disability Determinations Speed Up . . . A Little</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/02/social-security-disability-determinations-speed-up-a-little/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability determinations]]></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>A Trust For A Disabled Person To Setup &#8211; Coastal Senior, June 2009</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/a-trust-for-a-disabled-person-to-setup-coastal-senior-june-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/a-trust-for-a-disabled-person-to-setup-coastal-senior-june-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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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. Last month Legal Lines looked at the best way to leave assets to a disabled child. In that case, someone other than the disabled child is setting up a trust and funding it with assets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Great Trust For A Disabled Child &#8211; Coastal Senior, May 2009</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/a-great-trust-for-a-disabled-child-coastal-senior-may-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/a-great-trust-for-a-disabled-child-coastal-senior-may-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coastal Senior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Planning]]></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. An old rule says “Never say never”. Let’s break that rule. The parents of a disabled child should never disinherit that child simply because she is disabled. Never. There is a better way. Parents of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability Trusts and Medicaid &#8211; Coastal Senior, June 2007 &#8211;</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/coastal-senior-june-2007-disability-trusts-and-medicaid/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/coastal-senior-june-2007-disability-trusts-and-medicaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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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. You may have heard that Congress has imposed drastic restrictions on long term care assistance under Medicaid. Don’t lose hope. Plenty of options remain for married couples, and many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Special Needs Trust?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/what-is-a-special-needs-trust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Special Needs Trust, also referred to as a Supplemental Needs Trust, is a trust specially designed to hold assets on behalf of a disabled individual in a manner that will benefit the individual without jeopardizing that individual’s SSI, Medicaid or other government benefits. Further, transfers in to a properly designed Special Needs Trust (also referred [...]]]></description>
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