In most states an elderly parent can transfer their home to an adult child who lived in the home with their parent for the two years prior to that parent entering into a nursing home. Living in the home meaning the entire 2 years, not certain days or a few weeks at a time. The…
Friday, February 22nd, Veterans Affairs began taking comments on the new rule changes that are aimed to expand care for veterans to include local physicians and specialists. The new healthcare plan would allow veterans that have to travel more than 30 minutes or have a wait time more than 20 days for an appointment at a…
74 million Baby Boomers will reach 65 by 2029 and could have over 30 trillion in assets to leave to their heirs, but most have no estate plan in place. There is a growing movement in order to change this. Reimagine is a non-profit that hosts a End of Life Week that asks us all to re-examine our…
The Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019 was signed into law on January 24th, 2019. This bill alters several Medicaid programs and funding mechanisms. First and foremost it revises the Money Follows the Person Re-balancing Demonstration Program. (Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist states in…
“Blue Water Navy” veterans are one step closer to getting the veteran benefits they deserve after the Court of Appeals ruled 9-2 in favor of Alfred Procopio Jr., who served on the USS Intrepid during the Vietnam War. Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-Tenn.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, released the following statement after…
The Center for Social Inclusion lists lack of estate planning as one of the main pitfalls in African American loss of family land. A survey by The Center for Social Inclusion in conjunction with the Ford Foundation found that over 50% of African Americans think that either they don’t have enough assets to justify estate…
