When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, part of the goal was to lower prescription drug costs for Medicare patients. For millions of seniors in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, though, a little-noticed side effect of that law is starting...
A federal law signed in 2025 sets a $1 million limit on how much home equity a person can have and still qualify for Medicaid long-term care. Starting in 2028, older adults in high-cost housing markets may face a difficult choice between their home and their care. The...
A sweeping federal budget law is quietly threatening the health coverage of some of America’s most vulnerable older adults. Here’s what’s changing, whom it will affect, and what you can do. If you rely on both Medicare and Medicaid to cover health care costs, you are...
Earlier this morning, we released our June 2026 newsletter from R. F. Meyer & Associates. If you did not receive the newsletter by email, please see a link below to access it in PDF form from our website. Our three articles this month cover three different acts of...
Yesterday, we released R. F. Meyer & Associates’ May 2026 client e-newsletter. If you did not receive it by email, please find a link below to open it in PDF form from our website. The three articles this month cover: A new study of 1,000 families with a child...
Older adults lose billions of dollars each year to financial abuse and exploitation. In 2025, adults aged 60 and older in the United States reported $2.4 billion in losses to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), per CNBC. Because so many incidents go unreported, the...
