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Monthly Archive for: "January, 2021"
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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted January 29, 2021

What To Do With Your Stimulus Check if You Are in a Nursing Home

As the second round of stimulus checks go out, it is important to know that nursing home residents are not required to turn their checks over to their nursing home. And Medicaid recipients [...]

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted January 29, 2021

Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums Have Soared in Past Year

Long-term care insurance prices are suddenly skyrocketing by as much as 66 percent in one year, according to the 2021 Long-Term Care Insurance Price Index, an annual report from the American [...]

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Special Needs News
Posted January 26, 2021

Four Questions to Help You Choose the Right Professional Trustee

Not every potential trustee provides the best services for trusts designed for children with special needs. Here are some questions to ask while searching for the right professional trustee [...]

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Special Needs News
Posted January 25, 2021

President Biden Issues Executive Order to Help Those Who Don’t File Taxes Obtain Relief Payments

As many as eight million eligible citizens may not have received their second Covid relief checks, primarily because their income is so low that they have not been required to file tax returns.

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Special Needs News
Posted January 21, 2021

Latest Pandemic Relief Law Largely Ignores Needs of People with Disabilities

The $900 billion Covid-19 pandemic relief package, signed into law by President Trump on December 27, 2020, contains almost no funding for programs specific to people with disabilities.

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted January 19, 2021

What is Long-Term Care and Who Provides It?

Long-term care is the care you need if you can’t perform daily activities on your own for an extended period of time. There are a number of different ways that long-term care can be provided. 

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted January 14, 2021

Congress Fixes Some, But Not All Medicare Enrollment Problems

Tucked in the federal spending bill that passed at the end of December 2020 are some changes aimed at simplifying Medicare enrollment and addressing coverage gaps. But Congress chose not to [...]

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Elder Law News
Posted January 5, 2021

Annual Long-Term Care Survey Finds Steep Rise in Assisted Living Facility Costs Amid Pandemic

All Long-term care costs rose sharply in 2020, but assisted living facility costs increased the most, according to Genworth’s latest annual Cost of Care Survey. The across-the-board rises were [...]

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By Elizabeth Phillips
In Special Needs News
Posted January 5, 2021

Amtrak Agrees to Make Its Stations More Accessible to People with Disabilities

The nation’s largest passenger rail network has reached an agreement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to finally bring its services into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act [...]

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