Articles on Health Care
Does my Aunt Need to Liquidate her Living Trust in Order to Receive Nursing Care or is this Covered my Medicaid?
I live in NY and my Aunt has resided in NJ for the past 10 years. She had established a revocable living trust with herself as trustee. She now requires nursing care in NY which costs 13,000/month. Is she required to liquidate her revocable living trust or is this asset vulnerable to medicaid/nursing home attachment.
My mother-in-law is visiting from Ghana. She is in the U.S. on a tourist visa. She has no medical insurance. We were told by my brother-in-law and her that she was in good health. She has been admitted to a local hospital with pneumonia and a salmonella infection. Are we legally liable for her medical bills?
I was inebriated and don’t remember many details when I checked into a medical detox for alcohol. After 2 days and receiving very little care and no counseling I decided that I needed to go to a different facility. When I asked for a refund of my pre-paid balance of $9,500 they said that I waived my refund when I signed in. Is there an issue of “sound mind and body” that would invalidate or nullify this contract that I haven’t even seen?
My elderly aunt and uncle’s adult (50 years old) daughter died after a relatively short but severe illness. She did not have medical insurance. Now the hospital says they must pay nearly $300,000 in medical costs. Are elderly parents responsible for their deceased adult children’s medical bills? In Florida, are adult children named as beneficiaries in a will responsible for the debt left by a parent? My father died with $4000 in his checking account and $44000 debt to a nursing home. He did not own any property at the time of his death. His nursing home bill was being paid by his health insurance and Medicaid.
After informing my wife of my desire for a divorce she has claimed that I will have to pay for her medical bills the rest of her life. She is not medically disabled. She could work but declines to.
Can minors be reported to the credit bureau for parents not paying their medical bills?
Is it legal for conversations with patients to be recorded, by an audio recording device, if the patient is unaware that they are being recorded?
In a personal injury lawsuit, the insurance company is offering only our out-of-pocket medical expenses, rather than what it would have cost us if we didn’t have insurance.
I have been told by several people that disability income can not be garnished; however, I don’t know if that is really true. Is it?
Can I have my eligibility for Medicare re-evaluated based on the loss of child support and the fact that I cannot work?
Are 401K assets considered to belong to both husband and wife for the purpose of qualifying for Medicaid benefits?
Whether a parent has access to a child’s health information, and at what age that changes, will depend in large part on the laws of the state.
What are the privacy laws regarding communication between a health care facility and a patient’s family? Under privacy laws, may one family member, with power of attorney, require a health care facility to keep medical information away from other family members?
Many people are unaware of the potential for injury from what is considered routine vaccination and immunization using approved vaccines.
It’s not HIPPA law, or even HIPPO law, it’s the HIPAA law. But whatever you call it, it’s complicated and messy. The bottom line is that it is intended to protect patient privacy and information.
