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		<title>Are MSAs Modifiable?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in Course &#38; Scope (January 2012) Newsletter of the Workers&#8217; Compensation Section of the North Carolina Bar Association Your new client Ralph Kramden, 66, comes to you seeking help. He has a $100,000 Medicare Set-aside Arrangement established after a minor 2005 bus accident at work. The MSA includes approximately $60,000 for a spinal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Up-to-date On Medications</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest Columns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Guest Columnist . . . Patricia A. Shevlin, MD At the beginning of every year, most of us try to get organized, make a few resolutions about what we could do better and start new prescription drug plans. One area that is frequently neglected is the medication list.  In an effort to cut down on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Put Some Power in Your Power of Attorney!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></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>The Other Power of Attorney:  Health Care Powers of Attorney</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/01/the-other-power-of-attorney-health-care-powers-of-attorney/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advance Directives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advance Directive]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[living will]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do not confuse health care powers of attorney with general powers of attorney, financial powers of attorney or durable powers of attorney (by the way, general, financial, and durable are all words to describe essentially the same type of document). As I explain to clients, general, durable or financial powers of attorney are used to [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare secondary payer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSA]]></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>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>
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		<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>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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