Alzheimer’s isn’t something to fool around with. The facts surrounding this disease are concerning, especially for individuals approaching the age of onset. It is currently estimated by the Alzheimer’s Association that there are 5.4 million...
A couple of months ago the Government Accountability Office, the nonpartisan auditing and investigation arm of the United States Congress, issued a report showing that people who receive health care under Medicaid have about the...
In early December, the secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, Kathleen Sibelius, sent a letter to state governors warning them that their states would not receive federal funding to cover the costs of...
According to the results of a recently released study, published annually by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the growth in Medicaid spending reached “near record low[s]” in 2012. The massive government program that provides medical coverage...
There have been numerous recent accounts about various Medicaid fraud scams that have targeted both seniors and the state and federal government programs paying for their care. While some Medicaid scams involve complicated price-fixing schemes...
Even as state Medicaid budgets shrink and fraud continues to plague the government run healthcare insurance program for the elderly and poor, a new report details how both state and federal governments have been making...
According to a nonpartisan group of professional actuaries, the proposed Medicaid expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act might have a financial impact upon private healthcare plans in states that do not adopt...
The topic of elder law often comes up when people begin developing their estate plan. Elder law is not one area of the law, but a practice area that encompasses a broad range of legal...
If you’re like 43% of Americans over the age of 65, you will at some point in your life need to pay for an extended care facility or nursing home stay. Paying for this expense...
As states and the federal government continue to fight Medicaid fraud, investigators recently revealed that a government program designed to fight such fraud ended up costing more than it saved. According to the Government Accountability...
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