Insight & Commentary on SSI, Special Needs Trusts & Medicaid
We’re working on an appeal of another attorney’s client’s case that was lost at a Social Security Adminsitration Administrative Law Judge hearing. In reviewing the twelve page decision, we find the judge wrote the following (the typos are ALL his):
"Rather, when examined by Dr. Miguel xxxx, a psychiatrist at the request of the office of
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At the request of attorneys proposing to employ us as an expert witness on public benefit issues, I am attaching an UPDATED RESUME.
The PCIP program is now cheaper – premiums have been reduced. PCIP is "Pre-existing Condition Insurance Program," a part of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) that is currently available to persons who have been denied health insurance by private health insurance companies because of even minor health conditions. It also insures individuals with significant medical issues…
The South Dakota Supreme Court decision attached actually pre-dates the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision yesterday by a couple of weeks, but comes to the same conclusion, and further adds language that no state may avoid application of the federal rule:
“[¶ 44.] In a CMS memorandum from Gale P. Arden, Director of Disabled …
The United State Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled today in Center v. Olson that persons age 65 and over cannot place funds in a pooled trust without serving a penalty first. This decision aligns Medicaid eligibility to the position that the Social Security Administration has taken with regard to maintaining SSI…
