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Monthly Archive for: "November, 2015"
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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Special Needs News
Posted November 25, 2015

Simple Tricks to Determine the Type of Disability Benefits Your Loved One Receives

Here are a couple of tricks for determining the type of disability benefit someone is receiving, short of finding the disability award letter or contacting the Social Security Administration [...]

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted November 20, 2015

Activities of Daily Living Measure the Need for Long-Term Care Assistance

Most long-term care involves assisting with basic personal needs rather than providing medical care.

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted November 12, 2015

Medicare Announces Parts A and B Premiums and Deductibles for 2016

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid has announced the 2016 Medicare premiums, deductibles, and coinsurances . . .

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted November 9, 2015

How to Choose a Trustee

If you create a trust, you will need a separate person or institution, called a "trustee," to manage the trust either now or in the future, depending on the type of trust.  

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted November 6, 2015

Robin Williams' Death Laid to Underdiagnosed Form of Dementia

Although depression was initially given as the cause of actor Robin Williams’ suicide in 2014, his widow says autopsy results lay the blame on Lewy body dementia, a fairly common but [...]

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted November 4, 2015

Budget Deal Blunts Medicare Premium Spike, At Least for Now

As a result of the recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Medicare Part B premiums will [...]

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted November 3, 2015

New Federal Budget Ends Two Spousal Social Security Claiming Strategies

The federal budget agreement that President Obama signed into law November 2, 2015, contains changes to how spouses can claim Social Security benefits, ending two strategies previously [...]

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Special Needs News
Posted November 3, 2015

Budget Deal Funds Disability Trust Fund, Makes Several Changes to SSDI Program

The budget deal signed by President Obama increases funding for the Social Security disability trust fund but also makes several small but important changes to the Social [...]

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Special Needs News
Posted November 2, 2015

Why You Might Still Need a Special Needs Trust Even If You Don’t Receive SSI or Medicaid

There are many benefits to having a special needs trust that go far beyond the ability to maintain eligibility for SSI or Medicaid.  For example, although Social Security Disability [...]

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