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"Thank You, January!" - January 2019 NewsletterThis is one in a series of articles reminiscing about growing up in small town America in the 50's and 60's... I hated January! I was a skinny kid, without much natural insulation, so the grey, cold days of January back East were about my least liked ones of the entire year. January was downright dreary, a letdown after the festive holidays of December were gone, the cheerful lights adorning the neighborhood houses came down and a nice, long vacation ended with the inevitable trudge back to school.
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"My Phone Is Driving Me Crazy!" - December 2018 NewsletterNo doubt, the invention of the mobile (or "cell") phone and its new offspring, the computer-in-your-hand (or "smart" phone), are ingenious technological advances that improve our lives in many ways. But they can also drive us crazy, or at least that's what my smart phone has done to me!
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Parents: Help Your Children Now To Make an Important Decision Affecting Your Future - November 2018 NewsletterMany readers responded to my last article, "They Tried to Steal Mom's Money," (click here to read) where I described in detail how my Mom's long-term nursing care insurance carrier attempted to wrongfully deny coverage upon her admission to an assisted living facility. One compelling follow up question I received was, "How did you go about choosing the care facility that was the best fit for your Mom?"
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They Tried to Steal Mom's Money! - October 2018 NewsletterLet me just take a deep breath for a moment and calm myself down. Maybe "steal" is too strong a word. So how about instead I call this article, "They Tried to Cheat Mom Out of Her Money"? You be the judge.
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Refinancing a Real Estate Mortgage? Watch Out! - September 2018 NewsletterTwo of the main reasons you set up your Living Trust (or probably should) are to avoid a court procedure called Conservatorship when you're incapacitated and another called Probate when you pass away. Both threaten unwanted interference into your and your loved ones' personal matters, as well as lots of red tape, delays, expenses and the exposure of your private business to unscrupulous third parties.
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If You Haven't Received Your New Medicare Card Yet, You Better Read This... - August 2018 NewsletterIn previous articles, I addressed how seniors are needlessly exposed to financial scams because their Social Security number is on their Medicare Card and how the Social Security Administration is working to avoid this by issuing new cards containing random identification numbers. I thought the problem was about taken care of, but now the saga continues... with yet a new debacle I call "Medicare Card Limbo"! (To see the previous articles, click the following links 1st Medicare Card article and 2nd Medicare Card article)
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The Top 10 Scams Targeting Seniors - July 2018 NewsletterThe U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging has issued a new report, Fighting Fraud: Senate Aging Committee Identifies Top 10 Scams Targeting our Nation's Seniors. The report is based on the complaints received by the committee's national fraud hotline, 855-303-9470.
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Happy (Grand)Father's Day! - June 2018 NewsletterIn June of each year, we celebrate Father's Day, a wonderful, befitting thank you to our fathers. But rarely do we think back about and celebrate our grandfathers or great-grandfathers - - our more ancient predecessors without whom we would not be here today.
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Check Out Our New Website and Win a $5 Starbuck's Card! - May 2018 NewsletterOur law firm's website (www.kaveshlaw.com) has undergone some major renovations, after taking into consideration the feedback from many of our clients.
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Should You Worry About Estate Taxes Any More? - April 2018 NewsletterMost people believe that estate taxes are now gone and there's simply no need to do any special planning beyond the Living Trust. Wrong!
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My Super Odyssey - March 2018 NewsletterPhil takes us on a journey from his childhood to experiencing the 2018 Super Bowl!
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Medicare's Part B Premium Will Be Unchanged in 2018, But Many Will Pay More. Got That? by Ken Coughlin - February 2018 NewsletterThe announcement of the 2018 Medicare premium is good news for some beneficiaries and bad news for many others.