How Do I Pay for Long-term Care Costs in Michigan? As Michigan elder law attorneys, one of the ways I help families is finding sources to pay for the exceedingly high costs of long-term care. In Michigan, I regularly meet with seniors, veterans and family who are paying between $5,000 to $12,000 per month in…
Michigan Medicaid planning attorney explains the 5 year look back period.
Michigan elder law and VA accredited attorney gives presentation on VA benefits to Traverse City veterans at the Cherryland VFW.
As the number of family members providing care for aging parents increases, the solutions to find help with loss of income because of time off from employment for caregiving has become a major concern for many. The demands on both the time and energy needed to provide the needed care can make it impossible…
In addition to being an Oakland County elder law attorney, I am a volunteer with the Michigan Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program (MMAP) through the Area Agency on Aging 1B in Oakland County. Much of my work involves outreach to seniors on Medicare Fraud, so when I saw this news, I was ecstatic. Strike Force Takes Down…
WASHINGTON — In an unusual break with the White House, the Democratic leaders of Congress told the Supreme Court on Monday that President Obama was pursuing a misguided interpretation of federal Medicaid law that made it more difficult for low-income people to obtain health care. Read the rest of the article here.
Michigan Medicaid estate recovery is here. Our firm has prepared a guide to understanding estate recovery, that even attorneys are downloading to utilize as material to put into their blog posts announcing Michigan Medicaid estate recovery. For information on how Michigan estate recovery works and some planning strategies, feel free to download our free estate…
Effective October 1, 2011, Medicaid beneficiaries with both Medicare eligibility and Medicaid eligibility (dual eligibles) will transition from an excluded population to a voluntary population for purposes of Medicaid Health Plan (MHP) enrollment. Certain categories of dual eligibles will remain an excluded segment of this population and will not be transitioned to voluntary enrollment. The following dual eligibles…
Thanks to the Michigan Elder Law and Estate Planning sections, we have some interesting developments in Michigan’s path to estate recovery implementation. Senator Kahn of Saginaw who is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has introduced several bills that could dramatically change the nature of estate recovery. The new bills are SB 404,…