Webinar Recorded: February 22, 2019
Presented by Jill Roamer, J.D. Legal Content Specialist, ElderCounsel
Duration: 30 minutes
Watch ElderCounsel’s 30-minute review of important news updates in the areas of Medicaid planning, special needs planning and veterans pension planning from across the country.
Agenda:
- PLR 201901005 – Spouse Not Taxed on IRA Distribution
- Fees for Court-Appointed Guardian Attorney must be paid by state, not nursing home
- No duty of care to estate owed by personal representative’s attorney
- State can recover from estate, even if decedent was improperly on Medicaid
- Personal representative not personally liable for nursing home bills because she cooperated in Medicaid process
- Claim against HUD exists for spouse of deceased reverse mortgage borrower
- SCOTUS to hear case involving whether states can tax trusts because of in-state beneficiaries
- White House is reportedly preparing a final rule reversing mandatory arbitration clauses in nursing home contracts The number of older Americans embracing technology continues to rise
- Proposed federal legislation
- Raise the Wage Act
- Social Security Fairness Act of 2019
- Disability Integration Act of 2019
- Dueling Death Tax Legislation
- Death Tax Repeal Act of 2019
- Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act