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May 3, 2011 by bob mason

ONLINE ESTATE PLANNING COULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE

A Wold in Sheep's Clothing

Robert (he’s the guy who defended OJ!) Shapiro’s LegalZoom, an active seller of do-it-yourself wills and other estate planning documents, is the target of a class action lawsuit in California charging … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Miscellaneous, Wills (or Not!) Tagged With: Online estate planning, Trusts generally, Will forms, wills

May 3, 2011 by bob mason Leave a Comment

CASH-IN A BIG IRA AND PAY BIG MEDICARE PREMIUMS

  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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Banking, Medicare, Social Security, Tax Issues Tagged With: cashing in an IRA, IRA, Medicare, Medicare premiums

April 4, 2011 by bob mason

WILL WAIVERS AND BLOCK GRANTS SQUEEZE NURSING HOME MEDICAID?

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Medicaid, Nursing Homes, Social Security Tagged With: block grants, Medicaid, Medicaid block grants, Medicaid budget cuts, Medicaid Waiver, waivers

February 28, 2011 by bob mason Leave a Comment

BUSTING THE MEDICARE “PLATEAU” MYTH

Medicare Improvement Standard A Myth

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Medicare Tagged With: failure to progress, Medicare, Medicare improvement, Medicare plateau

May 28, 2010 by bob mason Leave a Comment

A Memorial Day Tribute

Let Us Never Forget Those Who Gave Their All We may not, and should not, approve of war and violence. But until we learn to make a better world, that is the way it is, and this is the lesson of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Veterans

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