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The MaineCare program, administered by Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services, provides important medical and long-term care benefits to many Mainers. There are a variety of MaineCare benefits, based on the type of services and the basis for qualifying for benefits. DHHS encapsulates the rules for these subsets of the MaineCare program within the…
Prince may not have had a will. Don’t let this happen to you
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The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, aka Prince Rogers Nelson, died on April 21, 2016, purportedly without a Last Will and Testament, or any estate plan, in place, according to documents filed by his sister Tyka Nelson in the probate division of a Minnesota District Court. If that proves to be the case, Prince joins…
Proposed Maine Law: An Act to Support Death with Dignity
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The joint standing Committee on Health and Human Services heard public testimony on LD 347 and LD 1066 on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Representative Jennifer Parker introduced LD 1066 titled An Act to Promote Life with Dignity[i]. The Committee reported out as Ought Not to Pass on April 25. The same Committee is divided on…
Medicaid Estate Recovery: Will the State Take my House?
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There is a lot of misinformation and confusion surrounding estate recovery and the Maine Medicaid (MaineCare) long-term care benefit. One of the biggest fears we hear from aging Mainers is, “I don’t want the State to take my house.” That only happens in the context of a process called estate recovery. Estate recovery can only…
6 Estate Planning Facts You Need To Know
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While estate planning is a personalized process that is impacted by each individual’s unique family and financial circumstances, there are some questions that estate planners are asked, again and again, by a majority of our clients. Here are some of the questions I hear most often: Will my estate need to go through probate after…
