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It's Official: Draconian New Medicaid Transfer Rules Enacted
President Bush today (February 8, 2006)...
Read moreCongress Passes Bill Containing Punitive New Medicaid Transfer Rules
By a vote of 216-214, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed budget legislation that will impose punitive new ...
Read moreResidents of Most States May Have Time to Plan Under the Old Transfer Rules
Although Congress passed a new law February 1 further restricting the ability of the elderly to transfer assets befo...
Read moreAdult Children Could Be on Hook for Parents' Nursing Home Bills
The adult children of elderly parents in many states could be held liable for their parents' nursing home bills as a...
Read moreInspectors Are Missing Many Nursing Home Violations, Report Finds
State nursing home inspectors are missing "serious deficiencies that cause actual harm or immediate jeopardy to pati...
Read moreResidential Care Home Not Covered Under LTC Insurance Policy
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has ruled that a long-term care policyholder who moved to a resident...
Read moreDiffering State Probate Practices Keep New Jersey Elder in Texas
The rules and practices of probate courts, which oversee the transfer of property from people who die or are declare...
Read moreNursing Home Threatens to Ban Complaining Husband
A nursing home in Altoona, Iowa, is restricting a husband's visits to his wife, who is a resident at the facility, a...
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