Category Archives for Elder Care Law
Three Midnights Could Decide Your Health Care Coverage
With more than twenty years as an elder law attorney I have come to realize both how easy (or difficult) it might be to obtain health care coverage under certain circumstances and also how easily coverage can be lost due to what might be regarded as minor differences in description of conditions or lack of […]
Continue readingLegislation Introduced to Eliminate Medicaid Estate Recovery
On March 6, 2024 U.S. Representative Janice Schakowksy, Representative from Illinois and Chief Deputy Whip and Ranking Member of the House Innovation, Data and Commerce Subcommittee, introduced a bill to totally eliminate Medicaid estate recovery. For those affected by the program it was a major move and this was the Congresswoman’s second attempt. Although in […]
Continue readingMoving to a Care Community? – Read the Agreement
When you have finally decided to move from home to a senior retirement community that has levels of care – or when moving to a personal care/assisted living community – you and your family might not be in the mood to read legal agreements. The type is usually small and you figure you have no […]
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