Category Archives for health care directive

The Major Difference Between Admission and Under Observation for Hospital Stays

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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 […]

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Three Midnights Could Decide Your Health Care Coverage

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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 […]

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Should 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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