Elder Law 101

If you have Medicare Parts A and B, you can join a Medicare Advantage plan. Under Medicare Advantage beneficiaries may choose from a number of private health plans.

Elderlaw 101

Medicare Part B basically covers "outpatient" care: office visits to medical specialists, ambulance transportation, diagnostic tests performed in a doctor's office or in a hospital on an outpatient basis, physician visits while the patient is in the hospital, and various...

Elderlaw 101

Medicare Part A covers institutional care in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, as well as certain care given by home health agencies and care provided in hospices.

Elderlaw 101

Medicare prescription drug coverage affects Medigap coverage of prescription drugs.

Elderlaw 101

A low-income subsidy (called Extra Help) is available to help pay the premiums, deductibles, and co-payments of the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

Elderlaw 101

If you qualify, Medicare will cover your home health care. You are entitled to Medicare coverage of your home health care if you meet these requirements.

Elderlaw 101

While residents of nursing homes have no fewer rights than anyone else, the combination of an institutional setting and the disability that put the person in the facility in the first place often results in a loss of dignity and...

Elderlaw 101

Can there be a more difficult job than finding a nursing home for a parent or spouse? No one wants to live in a nursing home. ...

Elderlaw 101

With all the deductibles, copayments and coverage exclusions, Medicare pays for only about half of the medical costs of America's senior citizens. ...

Elderlaw 101