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Center for Medicare Advocacy alert: new poverty guidelines will affect Medicare/Medicaid eligibility
New federal poverty level (FPL) guidelines published January 23, 2008 will affect eligibility levels for many public benefits, including health benefits for older people and people with disabilities...

Ferrara: Medicaid and Medicare for All
Obama says that if you like your current health insurance, you can keep it. In fact, under his reforms, private insurance -- and everything else in our health-care system -- would be altered beyond recognition.

Researching Medicare and Medicaid Law
This is mostly a reminder for me, and colleagues, but others might find it useful:A Few BASIC RESOURCES ON MEDICARE and MEDICAID LAW:1) CCH Medicare and Medicaid Guide2) Medicare and Medicaid Claims and Procedures, 4th, by Harvey L...

Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007
S2KM's first blog post of 2008 provides an addendum to Structured Settlements in 2007 and highlights the "Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007" (Extension Act) which President George W...

Balancing the Budget through Medicare and Medicaid Cuts
The New York Times reports today on President Bush's announcement that he will "call for large cuts in the growth of Medicare, far exceeding what he proposed last year, and he will again seek major savings in Medicaid...

Bush Budget: Cuts for Medicare and Medicaid
The Wall Street Journal's Health Blog provides a concise overview of the Bush budget for Medicare and Medicaid. Ms. Wang writes, Medicare spending needs to be reigned in, the Bush administration makes clear in its budget proposal for fiscal year...

What forms do we need to protect mothers properties?
Generally, estate planning documents will include a Last Will and Testament, a H...

If my stepmother goes on Medicaid, can they take my father's house and assets if they have been separated for many years but are still legally married (NJ)?
if medicaid up there is the same as in sc, they willnot take the houses. medicai...

If my grandmother and grandfather goes into a nursing home, once medicare and medicaid pay their part, will they lose their home and everything that is in their names to pay for the nursing home costs?
i went through this a few years ago when my grandmother passed away. after medic...