What are the most important legal documents a person should have?Ask yourself which is more important, who will make health care decisions for you when you can’t or who gets your stuff (your assets) when you’re gone. If your answer is who gets your stuff, then you need a Will otherwise I think you will agree that everyone at age 18 needs a Durable Power [...] Health Care Reform Provisions & Medicare Prescription Drug Donut HoleUnder the current Medicare Prescription Drug plan (Medicare Part D), once a senior reaches $2,250 of drug costs, the senior will have to pay 100% of the next $2,850, before Medicare Part D covers drug costs again. This is referred to as the “donut hole.” Once the senior has purchased $5,100 in covered prescription drugs, [...] Medicaid Funding Extension“The tax extenders bill that the Senate approved on March 10 included a much-anticipated six-month extension of stimulus Medicaid funding in addition to the latest Medicare physician pay patch. The move sent the package back to the House for approval.” However at the end of 2010, Medicaid will be taking some major deficits, probably in [...] Patient Protection & Affordable Care ActWhen President Obama signed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010, certain aspects went into effect immediately or almost immediately: There will be effective 90 days after enactment, federal support for a new program to provide affordable coverage to uninsured Americans with pre-existing conditions. Coverage under this program will [...] « go back — keep looking » |







