Medicaid Rules

President Bush today (February 8, 2006)...

A nursing home in Altoona, Iowa, is restricting a husband's visits to his wife, who is a resident at the facility, a...

The Georgia Department of Community Health has approved aggressive new rules that allow the state to recover from th...

Medicare provides limited coverage of ambulance services. If you go to a hospital or nursing home by ambulance, the...

'Nursing Home Compare,' the government Web site that disseminates information about conditions in individual nursing homes, has major flaws that can mislead families seeking a safe facility, according to a Congressional report. More . . .

Bookstore shelves are bursting with titles to help the elderly and their families cope with the legal decisions that confront them. ElderLawAnswers.com reviews three of the best reference works we've found so far.

A California appeals court has upheld a $2.5 million penalty against a life insurer that used deceptive sales practices to convince older Americans to purchase annuities. More . . .

A New Jersey appeals court blocks a son who is the guardian of his mother from selling his mother's house and transferring a portion of the proceeds to hasten her eligibility for Medicaid coverage of her nursing home care. The...