Eye on Elder Issues

This e-newsletter, Eye on Elder Issues, is presented as a public service by the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA). NAELA members can expect to receive this newsletter monthly as NAELA explores, reports and provides insight on timely topics affecting our nation's seniors and their families. The growing population of Baby Boomers is addressing issues for themselves and their families that are new and unique. This publication is intended to explore those issues from all sides and to educate consumers, aging network professionals, law makers, and members of the media. Eye on Elder Issues is for your free and unrestricted use; permission to reprint in whole or part is granted provided appropriate credit is given to NAELA.

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• New York's long-term care Reform Concept Deserves Support Despite Opposition from the Insurance Industry - February 2008
• Insurance Gaps and Unexpected Tragedies Leave Many Facing Impossible Choices - September 2007
• Elder Justice Act legislation could help combat elder abuse - June 2007
• It's Time to Revamp Long-Term Care Insurance Underwriting - March 2007
• Medicaid Reforms Will Have Many Unintended Results - January 2007
• Promoting Long-Term Care Insurance for the Middle Class - September 2006
• Small Businesses Threatened by Medicaid Reforms - August 2006
• Family Farms Threatened by Medicaid Reforms - April 2006
• Medicaid Reforms Threaten Long-term Care Insurance Industry - February 2006
• Proposed Changes to Medicaid Transfer of Asset Rules from the Budget Reconciliation Conference Report - December 2005
• Reverse Mortgages can help pay for senior health care under the right circumstances - August 2005
• Long-Term Health Care Costs Threaten Family Farms And Family Businesses - June 2005
• Can Social Security Benefits Be Guaranteed? - April 2005
• Schiavo's Health Problems Beginning at Age 26 Highlight Importance of Living Wills Earlier in Life - March 2005
• Balancing State Budgets on the Backs of our Elderly and Disabled - February 2005
• Retirement Plans Subject To New Attacks - January 2005
• Retirement Plans at Risk - December 2004
• Promoting Independence for the Incapacitated - November 2004
• Preparing for End of Life - August 2004
• Divorces Among the Elderly are Alarming - July 2004
• When is Medicaid Planning Appropriate? - June 2004
• A Viable Alternative: Zealous Advocacy - May 2004