A new federal law is designed to address the growing problem of elder abuse. The law supports efforts to better understand, prevent, and combat both financial and physical elder abuse. The prevalence of elder abuse is hard to calculate because it is underreported, but...
Medicaid law imposes a penalty period if you transferred assets within five years of applying, but what if the transfers had nothing to do with Medicaid? It is difficult to do, but if you can prove you made the transfers for a purpose other than to qualify for...
The May 2018 Newsletter from R.F. Meyer & Associates is now available. Article topics this month include: Wills for multiple-state estates Long-term care insurance; Medicare Advantage plans, and; Appealing coverage denials from the Medicare prescription drug plan....
We’ve released the April newsletter from R.F. Meyer & Associates. Articles in the new edition address topics including Medicare, Medicaid, retirement savings choices and a new federal law aimed at cutting abuse of the elderly. To wit: Medicare recipients should be...
While the execution of wills requires formalities like witnesses and a notary, the reality is that most property passes to heirs through other, less formal means. Many bank and investments accounts, as well as real estate, have joint owners who take ownership...
The March newsletter from R.F. Meyer & Associates has just been released. The big news – and the reason the newsletter is coming out later in the month than normal – is the relocation of the firm’s offices. We are moving at the end of this month, and opening...
