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  • Understand Capital Gains or It’ll Cost You
  • Surprise! Your Medicare Premiums Might Go Up.
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  • Mason named to 2022 Super Lawyers
  • NORTH CAROLINA SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
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  • Mason Named 2023 Triad Lawyer of the Year in Elder Law
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  • Tackling the North Carolina Medicaid Application Monster
  • COLA Season! Social Security, Medicare, VA, SSI, Medicaid Adjusted
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