Planning for Pringle
When my daughter moved to Texas and began to build her own family, she never imagined that family would include four dogs. When she decided to move home, she and her husband packed up their [...]
Non-Borrowing Spouses of Reverse Mortgage Holders Receive Expanded Protections
The federal government has expanded access to protections for spouses of reverse mortgage holders who are not named in the loan document, allowing more such spouses the ability to stay in their [...]
President Biden Proposes Billions in Increased Funding for Home Health Care
President Biden has introduced a plan to spend $400 billion over eight years on home and community-based care for the elderly and people with disabilities. The money would go to expand access to [...]
Can Life Insurance Affect Your Medicaid Eligibility?
How Am I Affected? When applying for Medicaid many people often forget about life insurance. But depending on the type of life insurance and the value of the policy, it can count as an [...]
Saying It Keeps Families in Poverty, Advocacy Groups Call to Abolish Medicaid Estate Recovery
To qualify for Medicaid coverage of long-term care, you must satisfy very complicated financial eligibility rules—rules that often can be traps for the unwary. One of the most significant traps [...]
What to Do When a Loved One Dies (Updated 2021)
Most months, this column is a space to share best practices and tips on how to build your estate and plan for its transfer to your loved ones upon your death. Despite all of our well-made plans, [...]