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Home Care Waivers Can Help Avoid Nursing Home But May Involve Waitlist
Medicaid long-term care benefits traditionally pay mainly for nursing home care, but the federal government can grant “waivers” to states allowing them to expand Medicaid to include home and community-based services. The downside is that receiving care in a nursing...
September 2021 newsletter released, covers aspects of planning
Yesterday, we released the R. F. Meyer & Associates September 2021 e-newsletter. If you did not receive it by email, you can download the full PDF version at the link below. With Labor Day behind us and fall ahead, this edition addresses planning, in a number of...
How Much Money Can You Have and Still Qualify for Medicaid?
In order to be eligible for Medicaid benefits a nursing home resident may have no more than $2,000 in "countable" assets (the figure may be somewhat higher in some states). Note that Medicaid is a state-run program, so the rules are somewhat different in each state,...
Britney Spears Case Renews Focus on Alternatives to Guardianship
Britney Spears’s legal fight to wrest back control over her personal and financial affairs has flooded the issue of guardianship in Klieg lights. While a full guardianship may be necessary for many individuals who are incapable of managing their own affairs due to...
Ohioans on Medicaid can get $100 for taking COVID vaccine
From the Columbus Dispatch – Ohioans on Medicaid who get their first COVID-19 vaccine shot by Sept. 15 will qualify for a gift card worth $100, Ohio's Medicaid managed care organizations announced earlier this month. The health plans had initially offered $50 gift...
Medicare would add dental, vision, hearing benefits in Democrats’ proposal
The Senate Democrats' proposal for a $3.5 trillion spending plan includes expanding Medicare to provide dental, vision, and hearing benefits. The proposal is now being negotiated in Congress. Currently Medicare does not offer much in the way of dental, vision, and...
August 2021 newsletter covers everything from COVID shots to Britney Spears
Dear Clients and Referral Partners, A littler earlier this morning, we send out our August 2021 e-newsletter from the law offices of R. F. Meyer & Associates. If you did not receive it in your email inbox, find a link to the full newsletter in PDF form below. The...
Dual Eligibility: Medicare AND Medicaid Can Help With Costs
Qualifying for Medicare hardly means free health care -- there are still premiums and deductibles. However, people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid (called “dual eligibility”) receive help paying their out-of-pocket costs. Medicare is a federal program...
Thousands of SSI Recipients Accused of Owning Property That Isn’t Theirs
In December 2018, the Social Security Administration (SSA) had a nasty surprise for Laura Marshall (not her real name), a 74-year-old woman just scraping by while living in senior citizen housing in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood: The agency demanded that she...