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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>How Much Can You Earn Without Paying Taxes On Social Security?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/03/how-much-can-you-earn-without-paying-taxes-on-social-security/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You now realize Mom has to file a tax return because her gross income exceeds $10,950.  If ½ her Social Security benefits PLUS her income from all other sources is LESS than $25,000 (call it her “Combined Income”), but her non-Social Security income from all sources is more than $10,950, then she will have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could These Facts Help You Avoid Filing A Tax Return?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/03/could-these-facts-help-you-avoid-filing-a-tax-return/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tax returns]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mom (who is 70) is on Social Security and worked part time at Burt’s FastBurgers to earn a little extra and socialize a bit more than she might otherwise be able to (Dad died a few years ago and she likes to get out). Of course, sometime in January she got a W-2 from Burt’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should Special Needs Trust Beneficiaries Eat Their Pets?</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/02/should-special-needs-trust-beneficiaries-eat-their-pets/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2012/02/should-special-needs-trust-beneficiaries-eat-their-pets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In-kind Support and Maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNTs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special needs trusts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supplemental Security Income]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recent Question: Bob, is it OK for the trustee of a special needs trust to purchase a $2,000 pure bred spaniel for the trust beneficiary, Edwina? Recent Answer: Only if Edwina is not planning on eating the dog. I’ll explain. First, you’ll need to understand the SSI income rules and what In Kind Support and [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/12/cola-season-social-security-medicare-va-ssi-medicaid-adjusted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nursing Homes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<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>PROTECT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK FROM CREDITORS</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/02/protect-your-social-security-check-from-creditors/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2011/02/protect-your-social-security-check-from-creditors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefit protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garnishment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many seniors worry about whether Social Security benefits can be garnished or levied upon. Here is your answer!]]></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>Early Social Security Benefits &#8211; Coastal Senior, March 2008</title>
		<link>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/coastal-senior-march-2008-ladies-is-your-husband-a-cad/</link>
		<comments>http://masonlawpc.com/2010/01/coastal-senior-march-2008-ladies-is-your-husband-a-cad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Mason</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coastal Senior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early retirement]]></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. Ladies, Is Your Husband A Cad? The first Boomers are applying for Social Security! I distinctly remember – like it was yesterday – these same people saying “don’t trust [...]]]></description>
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