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Summaries, Articles & Humor

• Information on the Medicare Prescription Law (Part D)

• Information on MERP (the Medicaid Estate Recovery Program)

• Information on the Miller Trust (Medicaid Qualified Income Trust)

• Information on the Medicaid Spousal Resource Allowance

• Information on Probate in Texas

Some Legal Articles by Paul Premack...

•  Texas Medicaid Limits on Income, Spousal Allowance

• Texas Charitable Immunity & Liability Act -- Legal Protection for Volunteers

• Texas Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care - as Published in the Texas Bar Journal - view as HTLM or as PDF

• Medical/Legal Issues on Health Care for Consumers, Elderly, Caregivers and Administrators

Links to Legal Documents...

• Power of Attorney, Advance Directives, Survivorship Agreements and more via our Virtual Law Office.

• The Texas Department of Health Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Order. This is from the Texas Dept. of Health and can be taken to your doctor for completion.

• Free Legal Forms

 External Links for Seniors...

• Information on the Medicare Savings Programs (QMB, SLMB) offered by Texas Dept. of Human Services.

• Texas No Call List - Bothered by telemarketing phone calls? After January 1, 2002 Texas law allows you to pay a small fee to have your name put on the "no call list."

• ElderOptions of Texas - Health care and Senior Housing Guide based in Austin

• Medicare Compare is sponsored by the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). This website gives you a side-by-side comparison of your Medicare options. You input your zip code or city, and it returns a chart of HMOs available to you. It compares the costs and benefits of each HMO, and balances them against plain Medicare, or Medicare and a Supplemental "Medigap" policy.

• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys

• National Fraud Information Center, which works in cooperation with the National  Association of Attorneys General and the Federal Trade Commission.

• National Senior Citizen Law Center in Washington, D.C.

• Nursing Home Compare, a service of the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). In addition to helpful manuals like "Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home," this site lists hundreds of nursing homes nationwide. It allows you to select a nursing center by name or location, then gives you the latest government inspection data, listing any deficiencies found.

• Social Security Online

• Texas Attorney General, Elder Law Division

• US Govt Administration on Aging, Senior Resources

Information on 529 Plans...

• Saving For College - A website from CPA Joe Hurley

• Texas 529 Plan - The plan established by Texas

• TIAA-CREF 529 Info - from the company that controls 529 plans for 13 of the states

• The College Board - from the folks who run the SAT testing program

• IRS Publication 970 - in PDF format; discusses tax rules for education savings

Just for fun...

• Legal Humor