Posts Tagged Medicaid
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Charity Launches Free Heart Surgery For American Children
By Pam Brammann, R.N. President and Managing Director of MedTour Services, LLC An internationally known heart doctor in India, philanthropist and cardiac surgeon, has joined forces with MedTour Services, LLC to help American families who are unable to afford surgery in America, yet their child ...
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Will the State Really Take My House? – Your Advocacy Connection
By Julie Arndt GolderCare Solutions Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy People entering the long term care system are often overwhelmed with concerns. Unfortunately many of these concerns are not founded on clear accurate information, but rather what they have “heard” from...
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Home Is Where Your Heart Is
By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford Every year on each of their children’s birthdays, Tim and Elizabeth recorded their children’s growth progress on the backdoor of their family home. At age three, James was as tall as the doorknob, Catherine brushed just below the top panel at age 12 an...
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The Talk
By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford It’s a beautiful, sunny day as you head out to the garden with your grandfather. You’re happy to steal a few precious hours with him, and as the two of you settle in and work side by side, you think back to the long afternoons you used to spend a...
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Happy New Year from Bettendorf Health Care!!
By Diana Spranger, R.N. Administrator Bettendorf Health Care This is our first month to be a part of the NEW “50” PLUS magazine. I’ll give you a bit of history about BHCC and where we are located. For over 37 years, we have been situated in North Bettendorf. Built by a private owne...
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Your Advocacy Connection
By Beth Maxwell GolderCare Solutions Offering Comprehensive Care and Financial Advocacy Have you ever heard you need to “spend down” to access public benefits to help pay for long-term care? A few years ago, I was working at a nursing home. My job presented me with the privilege of...
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Don’t Sign That Deed Until You Read This
By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford People who are trying to arrange their assets so that they’ll avoid probate or so that they’ll qualify for Medicaid sometimes decide to deed their property to their children. At first blush, this seems like the perfect solution. It’s quick, it’s e...
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Speaking Out – How Much is Enough?
By Pam Brammann, R. N. I was raised in Iowa, a city girl and an American. I have always been proud to be an American. That’s why it scares me when I see a possibility of America’s demise not too far off into the future, especially if we do not change our current path of greed and selfish ...