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Getting Your Affairs In Order
(General/Blog)
... insurance claim. Without your consent, your caregiver may not be able to get needed information. You can give your okay in advance to Medicare, a credit card company, your bank, or your doctor. You may ...
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Medical Bankruptcy: Will it Still Be Necessary Under Health Reform?
(General/Blog)
... versus other debts. Other statistics are more alarming and have more empirical evidence: 48% of collection agencies business is the collecting of medical bills, largely from persons with health insurance. ...
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Slow Medicine, a New Philosophy on Medical Practice for Elders
(General/Blog)
... are called patients instead of clients or customers? It’s because the client is who is paying the bill, which is Medicare or an insurance company!) To frame Slow Medicine in another way, what you are ...
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Medical Tourism: A Primer
(General/Blog)
... health insurance laws has done to facilitate this demand, and what it could mean for Americans going forward. The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, often referred to as “ObamaCare”, ...
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Resolving Legal and Financial Issues in Elder Care
(General/Blog)
... and more o Financial: income, assets, dependents, benefits, insurance and more o Psychological: dysthymic disorders, depression, abuse and more o Social: culture, religion, divorce, family and more ...
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Courses Offered
(General/Resources)
... or their aging family members based on current LTC insurance, Medicare/ Medicaid, Prescription Drug Coverage options. This course is NASBA approved for eight hours of CPE credit and is intended for ...
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Retiring and Living Outside the USA
(General/Blog)
... unfortunately, you cannot use Medicare to cover health care. You can use private American issued health insurance. If you give up your residency in the USA, and then later return, you will need to re-establish ...
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Gearing Up for Life on the RV Road
(General/Blog)
... insurance, and how to drive an RV before chasing such an idyllic life. Of course, would-be RVers should first examine whether to RV or not. An RV is defined as a vehicle that combines transportation ...
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Helping Older Relatives Articulate Their Long-Term Care Wishes
(General/Blog)
... an advanced directive and a funeral plan (and money or insurance proceeds to pay for it). There may be dozens more questions beyond these based on your family’s personal circumstances. But in creating ...
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Joint Ownership of Life Insurance
(General/Blog)
Life insurance is often the best way to provide liquidity for payment of estate taxes. However, if the insured owns the policy, the proceeds will be includable in the insured’s estate for federal estate ...
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Employer Support for Care Giving Employees
(General/Blog)
... to pay high health insurance costs and in lost productivity. That doesn’t count the promotions or assignments workers turn down that require travel or relocation away from aging relatives." Businesses ...
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Peter Jennings Reporting - Breakdown: America’s Health Insurance Crisis
(General/Blog)
Today in the United States there are an estimated 46 million people—that is almost one in six Americans—who don’t have health insurance. The numbers continue to grow as health insurance costs rise and ...
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Dangers of a Reverse Mortgage
(General/Blog)
... insurance salesmen have been posing as investment counselors who have a real estate expertise. In the process of talking to people that totally own their home (and would like to get some of their equity ...
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Why Buy Long Term Care Insurance?
(General/Blog)
Long Term Care Insurance 1. It will help you keep your independence and dignity and allow you to make choices. When the time comes for paying for your long term care needs, you may end up spending your ...
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Why do I need a Geriatric Care Manager?
(General/ElderCare Advocates FAQ)
... way below standard. Geriatric Care Managers know this system inside and out and can advocate for you to receive the highest levels of care and coverage that your insurance promises. We can work with "case ...
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How do I know if I can afford this help?
(General/ElderCare Advocates FAQ)
... of dollars by recouping insurance monies, applying for assistance programs, and using other cost-effective measures to provide the highest quality care. Investing in your elder's care through care management ...
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Absenteeism in the Workplace Caused by Eldercare Needs and Concerns
(General/ElderCare Articles)
... altogether forces families to alter their budgets to accommodate the decrease in income and fit in the new expenses of taking care of an elder. Losses of fringe benefits like health insurance, life insurance, ...
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Assisted Living Facilities: When Home Isn't the Place to Be
(General/ElderCare Articles)
... emergency call systems What Are the Costs? Residents or their families generally pay the cost of care for ALFs because few subsidies are available. In some cases, health insurance or long-term care ...
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Beware of Informal Estate Planning
(General/ElderCare Articles)
... designation as is with a life insurance policy. But, the beneficiary designation on an insurance policy, generally does not have ownership of the policy and cannot change the beneficiary, or cash in the ...
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Coping With A Chronic Illness in Your Family
(General/ElderCare Articles)
... Consider these ideas for lightening the load: Know your options. Look at what eventualities you'll need to plan for and what resources (savings, insurance benefits, Medicare) are available. You may want ...