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Let Them Eat Cake
For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, those are the supposed last words of Marie Antoinette, shortly before she and her head decided to take different vacations. They were said upon her being made aware of the...
Q&A on Life Care Contracts
Some questions and answers about Life Care Contracts: Q. In simple terms, what is a Life Care Contract? A. It is an agreement between someone needing care, typically a parent, and someone providing care, typically a child or...
Administration of a Trust
1. Send letter to all heirs listing name and date of trust and name and date of death of settlor. List names and addresses of all beneficiaries. Give name and address for all correspondence. Where is the trust being administered? State to each heir that they are...
10,000 Per Day
No, this is not the cost of a nursing home or your tax bill. This is the number of people who turn 65 every day in America. Let that sink in for a minute, then contemplate the fact that a 65-year old woman today will live another 2 decades. Now consider that this will...
19 Questions To Ask
In a recent article in the WSJ, written by Jason Zweig on 8/25/17, the author stated that there are 19 questions every person should ask of their stock broker or financial planner. I thought they were brilliant. The author has included answers in parentheses that he...
ACWDL 17-25
I don’t even know where to start with this outrage. Medi-Cal is so convoluted that it is amazing that anyone ever receives any benefit. It is simply impossible for the average human being to understand a program that provides HEALTH CARE to 14,000,000+ people in...
Medi-Cal & Opioids
In two recent articles, the first from National Review (http://www.nationalreview.com/article/449171/medicaid-opioid-problem-has-it-made-epidemic-worse), and the second from the Wall Street Journal, (https://www.wsj.com/articles/medicaids-opioid-fix-1502838645), a...