by Sanford Okura | Apr 16, 2010 | Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs
PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM MEDICAID LIENS (PART 2) Last month we discussed the dangers of having the government put a Medicaid lien on your home and property if you end up in a nursing home. Remember, a “revocable living trust” cannot protect your home from...
by Sanford Okura | Mar 20, 2010 | Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs
PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM MEDICAID LIENS More and more senior citizens are becoming concerned about nursing home costs. No one really wants to go to a nursing home. Nearly every elderly person would prefer to stay at home. However, no matter how much...
by Sanford Okura | Nov 29, 2009 | Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs
The February 2006 Estate Planning Insights column was entitled “Big Change in Medicaid Laws.” On February 1, 2006, Congress passed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. President Bush signed the bill into law on February 8, 2006. This new federal law makes important...
by Sanford Okura | Jul 30, 2009 | Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs
On February 8, 2006, President Bush signed the Deficit Reduction Act. This federal law made big changes to Medicaid for nursing home costs. Important parts of the new law were supposed to be effective from February 8, 2006. However, the Hawaii Department of Human...
by Sanford Okura | May 29, 2009 | Medicaid and Nursing Home Costs
MEDICAID PLANNING I am thinking about a meeting I had recently. The daughter of a client came to discuss her mother’s situation. Mother is elderly. She suffers from...
