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Avoid Disagreements Between Your Power of Attorney …

WebA power of attorney allows a person you appoint — your agent or “attorney-in-fact” — to act in your place for financial purposes when and if you ever become incapacitated. A health …

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What's a Health Care Proxy and Why Do I Need One

WebA health care proxy allows you to appoint someone else to act as your agent for medical decisions. It will ensure that your medical treatment instructions are carried out, when …

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Who Makes Health Care Decisions If You Can't

WebGuardianship is a legal relationship between a competent adult (the “guardian”) and a person who because of incapacity is no longer able to take care of his or her own affairs …

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What Is A Health Care Proxy

WebA health care proxy is a person who makes health care decisions for someone else – that is, by proxy. These decision-makers include health care agents, who the patient …

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Make Sure Your Power of Attorney Complies with Federal Privacy …

WebA POA allows someone you designate (your “agent” or “attorney-in-fact”) to make decisions for you if you become incapacitated. A health care proxy specifies who will make …

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HIPAA: An Overview for Young Adults

WebHIPAA: An Overview for Young Adults. The Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was enacted to provide guidelines to the healthcare …

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Important facts about medical power of attorney

WebA medical power of attorney must be in writing and signed before witnesses and/or a notary, depending upon your state’s law. Some states further prohibit your healthcare providers …

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Mental Illness & Social Security Disability Benefits in Texas

WebSocial Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) help support qualifying individuals with mental illnesses that significantly impair their ability to …

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California Removes The Asset Limit For Medicaid

WebAs of July 1, 2022, the asset limit for an unmarried applicant for Medi-Cal will be raised from $2,000 to $130,000 and from $137,400 to $267,000 for a married applicant. These …

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Disability-friendly places to live in the US

WebIt assessed 182 major U.S. cities—including America’s 160 largest urban centers—scoring them on each of 34 key measures of disability friendliness under three main categories: …

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Declining to act as agent under power of attorney

WebThere are two main types of powers of attorney – financial and medical. As the agent under a power of attorney, you act in place of the “principal” – the person executing the power …

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The Unwinding: Millions Could Lose Medicaid Coverage When the …

WebWhile declining COVID-19 cases are good news, the end of the pandemic could mean millions of Medicaid recipients, including millions of children, will lose their coverage.

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Special Needs Planning: What Is a Ward of the State

WebLast Updated on June 28, 2023 by Tresi Weeks. A ward of the state is a person under the government’s protection. This is an important concept when it comes to special needs …

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SSA Suspends Eligibility Reviews And Other Procedures

WebAs of April 10, the SSA suspended all continuing disability reviews indefinitely and advised SSI and SSDI recipients not to schedule doctor’s appointments or request medical …

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Why Everyone Should Have an Estate Plan

WebDo you have a will? A durable power of attorney? A health care proxy? If so, no reason to read on. If not, why not? Failure to create an estate plan risks causing discord in your …

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Special Needs Planning for an Adult Disabled Child

WebLast Updated on February 14, 2024 by Tresi Weeks. As special needs planning attorneys, we know that parents of adult children with disabilities know that their child’s disability …

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Census 2020: You Count!

WebLast Updated on July 8, 2021 by Tresi Weeks. 2020 Census starts this March and YOU COUNT! Every 10 years a census is conducted to count every person in the United States.

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You Can Stretch the Gift Tax Limit by Paying for Education or …

WebIf you want to make a gift to family members but have exceeded the annual gifting limit, there is another way. Payments for a family member’s education or health care …

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Special Needs Trust: How A Pooled Trust Can Help

WebA pooled trust, also referred to as a (d) (4) (C) trust, is a type of special needs trust established and managed by a nonprofit. Individual beneficiaries create accounts within …

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