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Medicaid Drug Coverage May Suffer Under New Medicare Law
Many poor elderly who receive Medicaid could actually see their prescription drug coverage reduced under the new Med...
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Pa. High Court Rules Joint Account Is Safe From Creditor
Recently we reported on a Pennsylvania couple who may have lost their life savings by making a fundamental estate pl...
Read moreTightening Its Medicaid Eligibility Rules Backfires on Washington State
A new law in Washington State making it tougher for a married person to qualify for Medicaid coverage of long-term c...
Read moreImpending Change Has Georgians Racing to Set Up Trusts
Georgia elder law attorneys are fielding calls from the distraught families of nursing home residents who will lose ...
Read moreGOP Governors Seeking 'Super Waivers' to Change Medicaid
In 1995, the Republican Congress voted to effectively end the federal Medicaid program. But President Clinton vetoe...
Read moreMedicare to Cover PET Scans to Diagnose Alzheimer's
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that Medicare plans to cover positron emission to...
Read moreSenator Charges Nursing Home Inspection System Is 'Corrupted'
The process by which nursing homes and assisted living facilities are inspected is "seriously corrupted," with state...
Read moreStudy Finds Nursing Home Care of Dying Is Deficient
Families of many patients who died in nursing homes and hospitals believe that their relatives did not receive adequ...
Read moreBush's Medicare/Medicaid Czar Stepping Into Open Arms of Private Sector
Thomas A. Scully, the administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which runs both p...
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