DOCTORS QUIT? Is the Wall Street Journal becoming Faux News?
As Judy Lieberman of the Columbia Journalism Review reported on August 12th, the Wall Street Journal had printed a story called “More Doctors Steer Clear of Medicare: Some Doctors Opt
DOCTORS QUIT? Is the Wall Street Journal becoming Faux News?
As Judy Lieberman of the Columbia Journalism Review reported on August 12th, the Wall Street Journal had printed a story called “More Doctors Steer Clear of Medicare: Some Doctors Opt…
The Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) has tremendous implications for our practice, primarily negative, but is a huge boon to planning for persons with disabilities who have been shut out of the private insurance market in…
We’re working on an appeal of another attorney’s client’s case that was lost at a Social Security Adminsitration Administrative Law Judge hearing. In reviewing the twelve page decision, we find the judge wrote the following (the typos are ALL his):
“Rather,…
At the request of attorneys proposing to employ us as an expert witness on public benefit issues, I am attaching an UPDATED RESUME.
The PCIP program is now cheaper – premiums have been reduced. PCIP is “Pre-existing Condition Insurance Program,” a part of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) that is currently available to persons who have been denied health insurance by private health…
The South Dakota Supreme Court decision attached actually pre-dates the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision yesterday by a couple of weeks, but comes to the same conclusion, and further adds language that no state may avoid application of the…
The United State Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled today in Center v. Olson that persons age 65 and over cannot place funds in a pooled trust without serving a penalty first. This decision aligns Medicaid eligibility to…
When a person on SSI and Medicaid concludes a lawsuit for personal injuries, the Florida Medicaid agency swoops in and takes a big bite of the settlement or jury verdict to reimburse itself for the doctor and hospital bills caused…
It would be difficult to underestimate the positive impact of ObamaCare – the Affordable Care Act – on persons with disabilities. In the last two weeks, I have had three clients who were seeking a finding of “disabled” by the…
Each year the Social Security Administration announces in October if there will be any changes in the amount of payments of SSI and SSDI due to Cost of Living Adjustments. The new payments for SSI for 2012 are $698 to…