Will settling your personal injury or worker compensation claim cost you your Medicare? It shouldn’t, but it easily could if you and your personal injury lawyer don’t protect Medicare’s rights. Generally, Medicare coverage is secondary to others who may have responsibility for your health care costs. Therefore, when settling nearly all personal injury and worker […]
In recent months, many have protested the gap between the wealthiest one percent of Americans and the rest of us, but what about the health care gap? A new study sponsored by the United States Department of Health and Human Services reports that only one percent of patients account for over twenty percent of health […]
In our June 21, 2011 SpecialNeedsNJ.com/blog entry, we noted that 1971′s, Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971) United States Supreme Court decision generally requires federal courts to abstain from certain cases that implicate important state concerns, but a case then pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit would test […]
In our mobile society, people often vacation and even retire outside the United States. U.S. citizens and permanent residents generally are eligible for Medicare at age 65 provided the individual or spouse has worked at least ten years in employment subject to Social Security payroll tax. Medicare also is available to some younger people with […]
Mid wealth retirees typically rely on Social Security, savings, and sometimes pensions to fund retirements. By timing receipt and expenditures of these different kinds of funds, retirees often can generate significant tax savings. Savings can be either tax free, tax deferred, or taxable. Typical tax free savings are the kinds of municipal bonds that generate […]
