by Tony DelGiorno | Apr 15, 2020 | Elder Law, Health Care
How Does the Coronavirus Relief Bill Affect Seniors? The $2 trillion economic relief package that Congress passed to help Americans deal with the devastating financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic contains some provisions that affect seniors. In addition to...
by Tony DelGiorno | Oct 10, 2019 | Elder Law, Health Care, Long-Term Care, Medicare/Medicaid
When facing a diagnosis that will likely result in nursing home placement, it is important to get your ducks in a row. Not speaking to an experienced elder law attorney well in advance can be a costly mistake if you try to figure everything out by yourself. As we all...
by Tony DelGiorno | Jul 1, 2014 | Elder Law, Health Care, Long-Term Care, Medicare/Medicaid
The monthly cost of a nursing home can easily reach or exceed $5,000 per month. Most seniors do not have monthly income that comes close to that figure. Therefore, if one does not have long term care insurance, the next source of payment is either your assets or the...
by Tony DelGiorno | Jul 1, 2011 | Elder Law, Health Care, Medicare/Medicaid
On April 12, 2011, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), a committee of the General Assembly, held its monthly meeting at which time the Department of Healthcare and Family Services presented its proposed rules to implement the Deficit Reduction Act...
by Tony DelGiorno | May 1, 2011 | Elder Law, Health Care, Medicare/Medicaid
In previous issues I have addressed the dilemma of paying for nursing home costs. Well, the ability to qualify for Medicaid to pay for those costs is about to become much more burdensome on the average middle-class senior due to Illinois’ long awaited implementation...
by Tony DelGiorno | Jan 1, 2011 | Elder Law, Health Care, Long-Term Care
Much ado about nothing. That is the phrase that comes to mind when I hear opponents of the recently enacted health reform legislation decry the use of “Death Panels”. These so-called death panels are actually the provision in the health reform law (which was removed)...
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