Ease the minds of clients and understand solutions to the exposure to high medical costs.
The biggest concern of any retired person is whether health care costs will drain their retirement savings. The foremost worry is of an extended stay in a nursing home. This is heightened fear, for a married couple, that high medical costs may leave a surviving spouse destitute. This topic will detail how persons can be exposed to high health care costs - what is and is not covered under Medicare and other government benefits and insurance plans. The material will also detail how retirement accounts and other assets can be protected from these costs.
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Agenda
Spiraling Health Care Costs for the Elderly
Health Care Costs for the Elderly - What Is Covered and What Is Not?
Medicare
- Eligibility and Enrollment Periods
- Premiums and Co-Pays
- Holes in Medicare
- Part B
- Part D
- Hearing, Vision, and Dental
- Medigap Policies
- Very Limited LongTerm Care Coverage
- Medicare Advantage Plans
Medicaid
- Filling Some of Medicare's Holes in Coverage
- High Costs of Privately Paying for Long-Term Care
- Basic Eligibility Criteria
- Estate Recovery Upon Death
Long-Term Care Insurance
- Advantages and Disadvantages
Reverse Mortgages
Creditor Protected Assets
- ERISA Creditor Protection for 401ks and Other Employer Plans
- Bankruptcy Creditor Protection for Retirement Accounts
- State Law Creditor Protection for Retirement Accounts
- Other Creditor Protected Assets
- Homestead
- Life Insurance
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OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on September 14, 2021.
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- AK CLE 1.5
- Alaska attorneys may receive 1.5 hours of continuing legal education for completing this program. Please contact the Alaska Bar Association or go to www.alaskabar.org for details regarding reciprocity with other states.
- AL CLE 1.5
- This course or a portion thereof has been approved by the Alabama State Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for a maximum of 1.5 hours credit.
- AR CLE 1.5
- This course has been approved for 1.5 hours of CLE by the Arkansas CLE Board.
- Arizona CLE 1.5
- The Arizona State Bar does not pre-approve or pre-certify MCLE programs. However, records of this program and attendance will be maintained by Lorman Education Services for auditing purposes. This activity may qualify for up to 1.5 hours toward your annual CLE requirement for the State Bar of Arizona.
- CA MCLE 1.5
- Lorman Business Center, LLC. is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.5 CLE hours of participatory credit.
- CT CLE 1.5
- Neither the Connecticut Judicial Branch nor the Commission on Minimum Continuing Legal Education approve or accredit CLE providers or activities. This course has been approved for CLE credit in jurisdictions aside from CT and therefore it automatically meets the content and delivery requirements in Connecticut. Credit is based on a 60 minute credit hour and shall be awarded as follows: 1.5 CLE credit(s).
- HI CLE 1.5
- This program was approved by the Hawaii State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 CLE credit hours.
- IL CLE 1.5
- This course was approved for a total of 1.5 hours of MCLE Credit by the Illinois MCLE Board.
- ND CLE 1.5
- North Dakota CLE policy does not allow for pre-approval of any self-study courses. This course may qualify for up to 1.5 hours of CLE credit.
- NH MCLE 1.5
- NH MCLE does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the NH Minimum CLE requirement. Lorman Education Services believes this Ondemand course meets the requirement of NH Supreme Court Rule 53 and may qualify for CLE credit(s). Program Length: 89 Minutes.
- NY CLE 1.5 including Areas of Professional Practice 1.5
- This course has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York Continuing Legal Education Board for up to a maximum of 1.5 credit hours in the area(s) of Areas of Professional Practice for 1.50 hours. Each hour may be counted only as satisfying one category of credit. Duplicate credit for the same hour of instruction is not permitted. This course qualifies for both established and newly admitted attorneys. Lorman Business Center, LLC. has a financial hardship guideline. Please contact customer service at 1.866.352.9539 for instructions on how to apply.
- PA CLE 1.5
- This Distance Learning program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.5 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit.
- RI CLE 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Rhode Island Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for 1.5 hours of CLE credit.
- VT CLE 1.5
- This self-study program has been approved by the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board of Vermont for 1.5 hour(s) of CLE credit. Please note: Attorneys may only claim 12 credits per compliance period in this format. This course is considered "Non-Moderated Programming without Interactivity".
- WA CLE 1.5
- This program has been approved by the Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.5 hours of A/V credit under the Law & Legal Procedure category.
- WV MCLE 1.8
- This program has been approved by the West Virginia State Bar MCLE Commission for 1.8 MCLE hours.
To earn each credit Lorman offers through the OnDemand learning platform, you need to watch 100% of the program. Also, for certain credits you will need to fulfill additional requirements which will be displayed on the "credits" tab when viewing the course.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Thomas J. Murphy
Murphy Law Firm, Inc.
- Has been an attorney since 1982 and has been practicing law in Phoenix, Arizona since 1989
- Practice focuses on probate law, which deals with administering the estates of deceased or incapacitated persons; estate planning, which deals with wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and related documents; elder law, which deals with protecting the interests of the elderly when dealing with nursing home and other health care issue as well as end-of-life issues; and tax law and planning for the disabled and those with special needs
- Written nearly 100 articles that have been published in many national and state professional journals writing on a wide variety of legal and tax matters
- Has spoken to thousands of attorneys, accountants, and financial advisors and has appeared on several local television and radio stations to discuss tax and legal issues affecting the elderly and their families
- A sought-after panelist for numerous nationally broadcasted seminars and webcasts for elder law attorneys; and was recently selected to speak at the 2018 Aging in America conference, the largest conference of its kind in the country with over 3,000 attendees
- Served on numerous state and county bar association committees and was selected to be the State Bar representative to the Arizona Supreme Court’s Committee on Reform of Lower Jurisdiction Courts
- One of the most experienced trial attorneys in the Southwest, having been the sole or lead counsel in over 100 jury trials; has successfully litigated cases in the United States Tax Court, the Arizona Tax Court, and the Arizona Board of Tax Appeals and has represented clients before all levels of the Internal Revenue Service and Arizona Department of Revenue
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