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Protect Your Loved Ones with a Special Needs Trust

Protect Your Loved Ones with a Special Needs Trust By Thad J. Murphy, Attorney Pioneer Law Office   Do you have a loved one who is disabled?  The most comprehensive way to protect them is to set up a Supplemental Needs Trust (also known as a Special Needs Trusts or SNT).  Their purpose is to…

Will Your $1,200 Stimulus Check Affect Your Medicaid or SSI Eligibility?

Often there are well-intended government programs that have unintended consequences.  As an attorney who handles Social Security disability claims and Medicaid long-term care applications, my first concern when the COVID-19 Economic Impact payments or “Stimulus” package was announced was to wonder how these $1,200 payments were going to affect our clients.  Many government programs including…