With the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, there is good news on the horizon. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has projected that the average premium for a basic Medicare Part D prescription drug plan in 2016…
In the late 1980’s, people around the United States began asserting their right to self-determination to decide how their medical care should be managed during the last days or weeks of their lives. They invented the term “living will” to…
Last Saturday, several of our clients, friends and their family members, attended our annual Trust School. We hold another session of the Trust School each fall, concentrating on Special Needs Trusts. But this spring session is all about all types…
We have been following the debate among the Democrats and the Republicans and the White House over taxes during this lame duck session. Below is a blog from attorney Jeffrey A. Marshal in Pennsylvania, that describes the bill that has…
I am spending this week eagerly awaiting the arrival of my first grandchild. I know, this is old hat for many of you, and you are the lucky ones! But this is my first. What advice can I give the…
Assert yourself at any age One of our client’s mother moved recently from independent living to an assisted living facility in the Sacramento Valley in California. She had previously lived in an apartment independently, and she had been responsible for…
One feature of our new website will be a regular blog. What by the way is a blog? What we intend to do with our blog is to provide a mix of news that we think will interest our friends…
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