Trial lawyers can be held liable for failing to inform their clients of the effect proceeds of a suit can have on their benefits, even years after the matter has ended. While litigators need not become experts in probate...
Support is building for new federal legislation, yet to be introduced, that would allow a military retiree to direct his Survivor Benefit Plan payments into a special needs trust for the benefit of his child with special needs, but your...
Disability rights groups are calling for the inclusion of long-term care services and supports in health reform.
It can be very easy for untrustworthy people to steal from a trust designed to benefit a child with special needs, as a recent case from Rhode Island illustrates.
The advent of stringent reporting obligations for claimants entitled to Medicare has triggered a discussion among legal professionals regarding whether Medicare Set-Asides (MSAs) are required in liability cases under preexisting provisions of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act (MSP). In...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees the Medicaid program, has rescinded three Bush-era Medicaid regulations that, if implemented, would have drastically cut federal funding for people with special needs.
The U.S. Supreme Court deadlocks on a New York City case holding that the city must pay for the private school tutition of a learning disabled child even though the child has not tried the public school system first.
Unique tax benefits are available to families with special needs individuals. Here's a partial rundown offered by a professor of accounting.
In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court recently ruled that Cheryl Perich, a tenured teacher at a Lutheran elementary school in Michigan, had no right to sue the school for employment discrimination after she was laid off for taking time...
