Your Parent is Hospitalized: Medicaid and Elder Care Planning to Do Now
When a parent ends up in the hospital, it can be frightening. But it can also be chaotic if your parents have not yet thought about their...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Jul 28, 20202 min read
Protecting Assets from Medicaid: How Funding a Trust Can Help
We all want what is best for our families. Ideally, we would like to help loved ones on both ends of the continuum of life: the younger...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Apr 20, 20192 min read
10 Common Mistakes People Make When Applying for Medicaid
Though the aging population continues to get larger, there is more need for long-term care. However, since most elderly Americans do not...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Feb 26, 20192 min read
Are My Nursing Home Expenses Covered By Medicaid?
For many people, Medicaid may carry a certain stigma. They often believe that it is only for those who are poor and that they would not...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Feb 27, 20182 min read
How to Transfer Your Home Without Jeopardizing Your Medicaid Eligibility
There are many Long-Term Care Medicaid Rules in place which help pay for senior’s care costs. However, it is important for those...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Nov 16, 20162 min read
Moving Overseas? Plan Ahead.
The Wall Street Journal recently provided some guidance for Americans relocating overseas in “Moving Abroad? Here’s the Checklist.”...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Oct 3, 20162 min read
Shop Around for Medigap Insurance
There’s quite a range of prices for Medicare supplement insurance (Medigap) policies, and there’s a good chance you can decrease the cost...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Sep 13, 20162 min read
West Virginia Hoping to Keep Medicaid Going
Doris Selko knows the budget is tight. She’s the Southern Regional Coordinator for West Virginians for Affordable Healthcare. Selko is...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Sep 12, 20162 min read
Private Medicaid Managers Criticized for Slow Payments
One state’s private Medicaid managers are coming under scrutiny for failing to pay bills on time. Iowa’s warning: if private Medicaid...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Jul 27, 20162 min read
Exploring Long-Term Care
The Huffington Post says that more than 40% of people over age 65 need care in a nursing home for some period of time. The article, “What...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Jun 27, 20162 min read
Hedge Your Bets with Long-Term Health Care Planning
Long-term care planning is something most Americans fail to do for themselves or for their loved ones. This can put adult children in a...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Jun 13, 20164 min read
15 Ways to Mess up your Retirement
A recent article on gobankingrates.com, “15 Mistakes Even Smart People Make in Retirement,” spells out common mistakes people make in...
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Kimberly Hegwood
May 31, 20162 min read
Jayhawk State Has Special Estate Recovery Rules
Prior to receiving any benefits from Medicaid, individuals must “spend down” their cash assets to below $2,000. Some property is termed...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Apr 29, 20162 min read
Senior Scams are Serious
Likewise, a recent study by True Link Financial estimated the problem costs more than $36 billion every year. But these statistics may be...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Apr 26, 20162 min read
Young Hispanics Need to Start Saving for Retirement
CNN Money’s article, “The retirement crisis facing Hispanics,” reports that part of the reason for this is that many Hispanics—especially...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Apr 25, 20162 min read
New Hampshire Solves Power of Attorney Issue
As WMUR9.com explains in “Money Matters: NH health surrogacy laws,” this person is known as a surrogate decision-maker. He or she has the...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Apr 22, 20162 min read
Arizona Steps Up to Fight Elder Abuse
More than 4,000 cases involved financial exploitation, and there were 3,661 reports involving vulnerable adults being physically abused....
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Kimberly Hegwood
Apr 13, 20162 min read
Florida Leads with Elder Abuse Guardianship Legislation
According to the Palm Beach (FL) Post article “Florida guardianship reform passes; seniors protest at courthouse,” the Legislature’s...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Apr 12, 20162 min read
Answer These Legacy Questions
An updated will. A properly drafted will can play a crucial part in minimizing your estate’s exposure to taxes. If you should die without...
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Kimberly Hegwood
Jan 20, 20162 min read
New York Nursing Home Caught in Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
According to the article “Nursing home chain not protected from prosecution” in The (Middletown NY) Times-Herald-Record, the agreement...
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