During a weekend speech at the Human Rights Campaign Greater New York Gala, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced his plans to issue a new memo today to Justice Department employees regarding same-sex marriage. This memorandum comes in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in US v. Windsor finding part of the Defense… Read more »
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Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program
Legally married same-sex spouses of Federal employees and annuitants are now qualified relatives eligible to apply for Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program coverage, regardless of their state of residency. This is one of the latest results from the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in June that a portion of the federal Defense… Read more »
Deed Processing Notice Scam
An estate planning client of ours who had recently been in to update her estate plan, contacted us regarding a “DEED PROCESSING NOTICE” she just received in the mail. Interestingly enough, the client had changed the title to her property as part of the estate plan update. The layout of the notice looks very much… Read more »
Phone Scam
The Lee County Sherriff’s Office is reporting that Hispanic families are being targeted in a phone scam. The male con artist, speaking in Spanish to his victim, makes contact and threatens harm to a family member is a ransom is not paid. In the cases reported, the caller did have personal information about the victim’s… Read more »
Approved Care Waivers
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved the managed care waivers the state of Florida was hoping for. In a letter dated February 1, 2013, CMS approved the state’s plan to require mandatory enrollment of individuals into managed care plans statewide. The waivers are effective for the three year period beginning July… Read more »
Florida Medicaid Myths
If you are like many of our clients, you may have been given some false information about Medicaid help for long-term care issues. Here is a list of some of the common Medicaid myths we see in our office: Myth: Only substandard nursing homes participate in Medicaid. Myth: Only one half of the value of… Read more »
