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            Last week I was telling you about the problem 529 plans pose for Medicaid.  Maria called me to handle her dad, George’s Medicaid application.  George had set up 529 plans for Maria’s daughters.  Are those accounts countable assets subject to Medicaid’s spend down rules?             Last week I explained that

            Maria asked me to handle the Medicaid application that needed to be filed on behalf of her father, George.  We went over the assets he has left to spend down.  That’s when Maria told me that George had set up 529 plans for his granddaughters.  “Do we have to

     Human life expectancy in the past 100 years has been substantially lengthened as a result of advances in medical science.  However, as we know the quality of an extended life span isn’t always great.  Many people live with serious illnesses such as COPD, heart disease, cancer, Parkinson’s Disease etc.

      Do a search online and you can quickly find advertisements for websites and software that will help you prepare your own will and other legal documents.  Some choose this option to save the legal fees.  But is this being “penny wise but pound foolish”?             Estate planning is as much