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Oct

Medicare’s Annual Open Enrollment Period Runs From October 15 to December 7. It’s Now Time to Reassess Medicare Choices

October 17, 2016

Medicare’s annual open enrollment period runs from October 15 to December 7–the period when enrollees...

Apr

Alzheimer’s Association Issues 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures Report

April 7, 2016

The Alzheimer’s Association has issued its 2016 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report. The report is “a statistical...

Jan

Roundup of Key Elder Law Numbers for 2016

January 5, 2016

Below are figures for 2016 that are frequently used in the elder law practice or...

Dec

Appellate Division Rejects Surviving Spouse’s Claim To Life Insurance Proceeds

December 7, 2015

In this case, a surviving spouse’s claim to her deceased spouse’s life insurance proceeds was...

Oct

Introduction to Medicare

October 22, 2015

Medicare is the federal government’s principal health care insurance program for people 65 years of...

Mar

Marriage Does Not Create a “Presumptive Right” to a Deceased Spouse’s Life Insurance Benefits

March 9, 2015

A New Jersey appeals court rejected a surviving spouse’s public policy argument to adopt a...

Feb

Photos From Our Supreme Court Oral Argument

February 7, 2014

On Thursday, February 4, 2014, I, along with amicus counsel, argued before the New Jersey...

Feb

Agenda Posted Outside of the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday, February 4, 2014

February 6, 2014

This is the agenda posted outside the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday, February 4,...

Feb

New Jersey Law Journal Reports on Oral Argument in Supreme Court Special Needs Trust Case: Court Weighs Designating Trusts as Beneficiaries in State Pension Plans

February 5, 2014

(A news report published in the New Jersey Law Journal on yesterday’s oral argument in...

Jun

Court Resolves Conflicting Provisions In Divorce Settlement Agreement And Life Insurance Beneficiary Designations

June 5, 2013

Thomas v. Thomas, Docket No. A-2388-11T2 (N.J. Super. App. Div. June 4, 2013), involved competing...

Nov

Increased Long Term Care Insurance Tax Deduction Limits For 2013 Announced

November 3, 2012

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced increased deductibility levels for individuals with long term care...

Oct

Class Action Challenging Medicare’s “Improvement Standard” Settled, Easing Coverage Rules for Beneficiaries

October 24, 2012

The settlement of Jimmo v. Sebelius, Docket No. 11-cv-17 (D.Vt., January 18, 2011), a nationwide...

Jan

Two New Laws Help New Jerseyans With Autism Lead Productive, Independent Lives

January 17, 2010

New Jerseyans with an autism spectrum disorder gained two laws recently which, it is hoped,...

Jan

Union County’s Promise To Provide Health Coverage For Life In Exchange For Early Retirement Not Binding

January 6, 2010

In Rodbart v. County of Union, 2009 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 3084 (December 21, 2009),...

Dec

IRS Announces Increased Long-Term Care Insurance Premium Deductibility Limits for 2010

December 4, 2009

The IRS has announced the 2010 limits on the tax deductibility of qualified long term...

Sep

U.S. Uninsured Total Tops 46 million, With More Americans Insured By Government Health Programs And Fewer By Employer-Sponsored Plans

September 21, 2009

The September 21, 2009 edition of amednews.com, the internet version of American Medical News, published...

Aug

Increasingly, Seniors Are Selling Their Life Insurance Policies To Replenish Depleted Retirement Savings

August 27, 2009

According to a recent article in the August 24th edition of The Dallas Morning News,...

Jul

Most Elder Law Attorneys Advise Clients To Buy Long Term Care Insurance, But Do They Purchase LTCI For Themselves And Their Families?

July 17, 2009

When advising clients about how to plan for the possibility of needing long-term care, elder...

Feb

State Tax Incentives for Long-Term Care Insurance in New Jersey and New York

February 19, 2009

New Jersey allows a deduction of medical expenses, including long-term care insurance premiums, to the...

Feb

Supreme Court Rules on Long Term Disability Conflict of Interest

February 12, 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed earlier holdings that a conflict of interest exists in...

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