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ONLINE ESTATE PLANNING COULD BE VERY EXPENSIVE

May 3, 2011 by bob mason

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 that the company engages in deceptive business practices and is practicing law …

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CASH-IN A BIG IRA AND PAY BIG MEDICARE PREMIUMS

May 3, 2011 by bob mason

  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 have to cash in an IRA. In other situations converting a traditional IRA into a …

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WILL WAIVERS AND BLOCK GRANTS SQUEEZE NURSING HOME MEDICAID?

April 4, 2011 by bob mason

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. In case you …

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BUSTING THE MEDICARE “PLATEAU” MYTH

February 28, 2011 by bob mason

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 or had “plateaued”. Nonsense. Time to bust a myth! Medicare Nursing Home …

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A Memorial Day Tribute

May 28, 2010 by bob mason

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 Memorial Day:  Nothing is ever wholly negative, nothing is ever wholly lost. Despite …

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