Recorded: July 25, 2019
Presented by Jill Roamer, J.D., ElderCounsel, LLC
Duration: 21 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:
- Transfer to a pooled trust triggers Medicaid penalty
- No need to return funds that were withdrawn for Medicaid planning purposes
- Transfer of money was unjust enrichment
- Non-estranged spouses can seek spousal refusal
- CMS issued proposed final rule regarding arbitration agreements
- Maine legalizes assisted suicide
- New committee proposed to analyze how disaster relief policies include those with disabilities
- Blood test to detect Alzheimer’s disease
- Autism is mostly rooted in genetics
- How much time do seniors spend alone?
- Medicaid work requirements
a. Indiana begins work requirements
b. New Hampshire delays work requirements - Feel Good Friday
a. Alzheimer’s CafÉ