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What Assets Can I Keep When My Spouse Qualifies for Medicaid?
If your spouse requires long-term care in a skilled nursing facility, the costs can be significant. Nursing homes can cost nearly $100,000 per year and...
Can I Keep My Pension if I Go On Medicaid?
Medicaid helps cover the costs of long-term care, nursing home costs and other medical expenses. However, Medicaid only provides coverage to people with limited income...
What Should be Included in Living Wills?
Living wills are designed to make it possible for you to decide what level of extraordinary medical care you wish to receive, if any, if...
Elimination of Medicaid Retroactive Eligibility
Effective February 1, 2019, persons seeking Medicaid benefits to cover the cost of long-term care in a skilled nursing facility can no longer qualify for...
Help for Veterans with Below Poverty Level Income
The Florida Legislature approved $500,000 in funding to staff and launch a statewide Veterans Legal Helpline Project. The Florida Department of Veterans Affairs has partnered...
Beneficiary Designations: The Other Half of Your Estate Plan
A large factor controlling where your assets go after your death—and one which is, unfortunately, often overlooked—is whether your assets have a designated beneficiary. Beneficiary...
Who Needs an Estate Plan?
When you hear the term “estate planning,” your mind might conjure images of the elderly preparing to pass a life’s worth of assets and heirlooms...
Estate Planning is Not Just for the Wealthy
An estate plan is not just for the wealthy. Everyone should have an effective plan. Effective estate planning must consider many things and the plan...