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July 12, 2016

Survey Shows Women Are Focusing on Saving for Retirement

Women of all ages believe saving for retirement is the top priority, according to the Credit Union National Association’s Women’s Financial Survey. CUNA is a trade association that serves 90 percent of America’s 7,200 state and federally chartered credit unions, all of ...

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July 12, 2016

Inkster Woman, 113, Becomes Oldest Woman In the U.S.

Jeralean Talley, born May 23, 1899, in Montrose, Ga., is 113 and the oldest living American -- and third-oldest person in the world. Every morning, she drinks black coffee with a pinch of sugar. She doesn’t eat cheese because she ...

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July 12, 2016

Shutdown Has Michigan Seniors Hungry and Worried

By Chis Berry The USDA’s Commodity Supplemental Food Program has been put on hold due to the partial government shutdown. Seniors are extremely scared where their next meal will come from. Consider Michigan’s Kent County for example, where more than 1,300 low-income ...

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July 12, 2016

Medicare Benefits Periods and Re-admittance

I recently had a client who's wife transitioned in and out of the hospital and in and out of rehab before they came to my Oakland County Elder Care law firm office.  One of their questions and and an important ...

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July 12, 2016

There are Limitations on Special Needs Trusts

When someone receives a personal injury settlement and is also receiving much-needed public benefits, such as SSI and Medicaid, it is important to know how choices can affect the special needs trust. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is an ongoing source ...

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July 12, 2016

Majority of Hospitals Fail a Medicare Test

The federal agency that administers Medicare will be reducing its reimbursement payments to 2,225 U.S. hospital this fiscal year, as a result of their insufficient progress on reducing readmission rates for the patients they treat. (Related: Employment of People with Disabilities Initiative) According ...

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July 12, 2016

The Balancing Act: Home Care Costs to Consider

Your aging parents have always been healthy, independent, and full of life. But as you have just discovered, that can all change in what seems like a moment. This is the moment when you must come up with the answer ...

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