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If your Medicare card has been lost, stolen, or damaged, you have three options to replace it: Call the National Security Hotline at 800-772-1213 You will need to provide your: Name as it appears [...]

In order to apply for Medicaid, you will need a current copy of your Social Security Verification Letter to confirm your gross benefit amount. These are sent to you in the mail each year. If you [...]

Stocks are considered a countable asset for Medicaid qualification. Sometimes, a Medicaid plan may involve liquidating stocks, and planning with the proceeds. If you need to liquidate your [...]

The recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides for a direct payment of up to $1,200.00 to most taxpayers.  As the IRS begins to send out these payments, [...]

The Four Criteria to Qualify for ICP Medicaid in Florida The Institutional Care Program (ICP) is a Medicaid program that helps Florida’s senior and disabled residents in nursing facilities pay [...]

It has become sadly more common in Florida for unlicensed individuals that have never obtained a law degree to offer Medicaid planning services to senior citizens. These individuals are [...]

Babette Bach and Fred Jacobs will be speaking at a Heritage Oaks event, “Lifetime and Estate Planning – A Seminar by Experts”, being held at their clubhouse on January 15th, 2018 at 2:00pm. [...]

December 1-2, 2017 Babette Bach will be attending and, this year, speaking at the The Academy of Florida Elder Law Attorneys UnProgram in December at the Hyatt Regency in Orlando. She is looking [...]

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health coverage to millions of low-income individuals and their families across the nation. Medicaid  is the single largest source of [...]

Medicare is a federally funded program for which most U.S. citizens and permanent legal residents over the age of 65 who have lived in the country for over five years are eligible for. Medicaid, [...]