Category Archives for health care directive
Health Insurance Debates – Not Over Till It’s Over
Just when you thought you had everything settled and you knew everything – which meant you knew nothing new might appear on the horizon regarding the One Big Beautiful Bill, healthcare, Obamacare, subsidies, health insurance and everything related you once again find the map turned upside down and you start over again – or almost. […]
Continue readingA Healthcare Concern Broken Promise
It is not even New Year’s Day and I have already broken a promise to myself for the New Year. I had promised not to write another column about healthinsurance, Obamacare, subsidies, and the Marketplace before the end of this year and the beginning of the next. Still the story continued and the debate did […]
Continue readingObamacare, Trump Care and Other
If you are confused regarding heath care options today you could join a large club so to speak along with huge numbers of other Americans including policy makers, insurers, brokers and even elder law and health care attorneys. Insurance can be complicated. When discussing the “open enrollment period,”for instance, you should know a difference between […]
Continue readingDo Work Reporting Requirements for Health Insurance Make Sense
As part of the continuing discussion regarding the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) the continued availability of health insurance both for those who otherwise would be without and for those who regularly depend on it for coverage for routine and for critical care takes center stage. Health care decisions affect both American citizens and immigrants […]
Continue readingThe Major Difference Between Admission and Under Observation for Hospital Stays
If you are on traditional Medicare, either alone or with a Medicare Supplement plan or on Medicare Advantage and are taken to the hospital one important distinction in describing your status can make a very sizeable difference in your bill both on your leaving and on receiving rehabilitative care. It is the difference between the […]
Continue readingThree 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 readingShould You Decide On A Trust or a Will?
Sometimes we receive calls at the office requesting a Will with estate documents (Financial Power of Attorney, Health Care Power and Living Will also referred to as Advanced Directives). In that case a potential client might say “I don’t want anything complicated. Just the basics.” Sometimes, often after having heard a speaker either in person […]
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