Decision-Making Rights in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities
Residents in nursing homes and assisted living facilities retain broad rights over their decision-making, including their visitors, medications, and ability to vote.
Should We Put Our Home in a Revocable Trust or a Will?
Our biggest asset is a home and we would like to leave it to our two children equally without a hassle. Our question is: Would it be better to put it in a revocable trust or to do a will? [...]
What You Can Do if You Receive a Medicaid HCBS Notice
Changes in federal enforcement policy have created uncertainty around Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS), but the Olmstead decision, the ADA, and Section 504 of the [...]
What to Do If Your Medicare Advantage Plan Denies Rehab
A Medicare Advantage plan’s denial of post-acute rehabilitation or skilled nursing care is not necessarily final. Recent federal investigations found high denial rates for certain types of [...]
Will My Mom’s Life Insurance Affect her Medicaid Eligibility?
My mom had a stroke and is now bedridden. She has a $15,000 whole life insurance policy that we believe may make her ineligible for Medicaid in Texas due to its cash value. We have researched [...]
Can Medicaid Claim My Mom’s Home Sale Proceeds After Deed?
Mom, who will be 99 years old in January, is currently on Medicaid and may soon move to a nursing home. She deeded her home to her three children over 10 years ago. If we don’t sell the home [...]
Could a Trump Account Cost Your Child SSI Benefits?
A recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) warns that Trump Account balances could push young adults with disabilities over the strict asset limit for [...]
Medicare Plan D News: Higher Monthly Premiums in 2027
Medicare beneficiaries could face higher Part D prescription drug premiums in 2027 after the Trump administration announced that it will end a federal subsidy program that has helped hold [...]
