Help is available for families of children with special needs whose private health insurance will no longer cover children once they reach a certain age. The new federal health insurance law requires many private insurers to allow children to remain...
The Obama administration may be on the brink of scuttling a new national long-term care insurance program that was part of the health reform law.
More states are choosing to expand Medicaid services for people with low-incomes and the Department of Health and Human Services has just released regulations to ensure that people with disabilities will receive the coverage they need from private health insurers.
President Obama has named Henry Claypool, Executive Vice-President of the American Association of People with Disabilities, as a member of the national Commission on Long-Term Care, giving disability advocates a voice on the panel that will recommend changes to the...
After only 100 days of deliberations, the National Commission on Long-Term Care has released its recommendations for improving long-term care for people with disabilities and seniors but failed to include virtually any comprehensive suggestions for revising the nation's long-term care...
Many insurance companies are routinely denying doctor requests that patients receive coverage for inpatient psychiatric treatment, sometimes with disastrous consequences, according to a recent investigative report by the CBS News show 60 Minutes. ...
Is there any way to use the funds in your Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) trust even if you don't need further treatment for your injury?...
"An Estate Plan Built For Special Needs", an article originally published in the Wall Street Journal on October 9, 2008. Reporter Rachel Emma Silverman interviews ASNP Co-Founder, Harry Margolis and ASNP Advisory Board member, Michael Gilfix.
Medical coverage and housing may be the two most important services to make sure are taken care of once your child turns 18.
