Where Money Is Safe – And Insured – The New Rules
With the turmoil affecting the markets over the past several weeks, investors are looking for protection. The fact was driven home to me recently when an Executrix for an estate we handle decided to...
View ArticleWills – Anticipating the Problems
My early practice as an attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was in litigation. That meant that I never saw a situation until it had gone horribly wrong. I always felt that that experience...
View ArticleAnalyzing the Mc Cain and Obama Health Care Reforms
Over the past several weeks I have spent a lot of time examining health care proposals. Over the last several years, I have similarly spent a great deal of time reading and commenting on health care,...
View ArticleTomorrow We Vote
At a luncheon for lawyers last week I overheard an attorney at the next table exclaim “If the Phillies win the World Series and <he named his candidate> wins the election for president, call me...
View ArticleElection Is Over – What Does the Future Hold?
On November 4, the Presidential campaign season finally came to a halt with the election of Barack Obama as 44th U.S. President. While first on the new President Elect’s agenda are measures to restore...
View ArticleWhat You Need To Know For Medicare Open Enrollment
With Thanksgiving comes that time of year for Medicare enrollees to sharpen their pencils and get to work deciding their prescription (Medicare Part “D”)and Medicare Advantage plans for next year. The...
View ArticleA Reader Comments On Open Enrollment and PFFS Medicare
When I wrote last week regarding the Medicare Open Enrollment period, that time of year when Medicare recipients can sign up for or change their Medicare “D” prescription drug coverage or their...
View ArticleProposed Assisted Living Regulations Need Revision
A little over a year ago, on July 30, 2007, I reported that Assisted Living had recently been officially recognized in Pennsylvania with the passage of Act 56 of that year. See “Assisted Living...
View ArticlePennsylvania Unveils Website To Help In Tough Times
Every so often a government agency releases information concerning a program or service and undersells just how great it is. I have to admit that this happens rarely both in government and in the...
View Article2008 Changes Meaning of a Billion Dollars
Often I end the year with a column on memories of New Years Eve’s from years past. This year one story eluded comment in the press and public and was so obvious and yet unspoken that I just could not...
View Article2008 Financial Concerns – Their Causes and Relief
The roller coaster ride that the financial markets have been taking lately is hardly the kind of kind of trip that seniors, in particular, would like to sign on for but reliable sources indicate that...
View ArticleLessons I Learned From Aunt Fran
About a week ago my Aunt Frances who lived in Philadelphia would have reached her 100th birthday. As it was, she made it to age 92 which was farther than any of our biological family had gone in...
View ArticleConsider Supplemental Needs Trusts for Special Children
Last week, Daily Local News Staff Writer Danielle Lynch reported the results of a two month investigation on special needs children in an excellent three part series, “Special Children, Special Needs.”...
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