When Is The Right Time to Retire? It’s hard to say when it's right time to retire; however, it is easy to say it is the wrong time to retire. You shouldn’t retire unless you have sufficient funds to carry you through your golden years. In the past, most people retired in their sixties. With declining savings and living costs going up, many … [Read more...]
Wife Gives Condo to Ex-husband
Justice Belen sits in the Appellate Division of the Second Department located in Brooklyn. He recently wrote a decision regarding a joint will involving Sandra Angelo Murray. In the year 2000, Mr. & Mrs. Murray entered into a divorce settlement agreement. In the divorce settlement, they reaffirmed their 1993 joint will. This 1993 joint will … [Read more...]
Nurse Practitioners Want Freedom from Supervising Doctors
Last year in the State of New York midwives obtained the ability to practice their craft without the supervision of physicians. This year nurse practitioners are seeking the same freedom. Pending Legislation in New York There is currently a proposed bill before the New York State Legislature that would eliminate the requirement that nurse … [Read more...]
Fewer Family Practice Doctors
Fewer doctors in the United States are going into family practice. Solo medical practitioners involved in family practices are becoming scarcer. The American Academy of Family Physicians, in 1986, represented forty-four percent of the practicing doctors. As of 2008, only eighteen percent of practicing physicians are in family practice and that … [Read more...]
Retirement Planning Mistakes
Americans do not save enough money during the course of their working years to have the retirement life experience they have dreamed about. In a recent study by the Employment Benefit Research Institute, fifty-six percent of the workers interviewed stated that the total value of their household savings and investments, without including the equity … [Read more...]
Concierge Medical Coverage
Today, there is a new phenomenon in medical care. Individuals are paying their doctors a fixed annual fee. They pay their doctors this fixed annual fee whether they use their services or not. The fixed annual fee is usually in the area of $1,500 a year. The annual fee is for what is now referred to as concierge medicine. Concierge medicine … [Read more...]
Abuse of the Elderly for Financial Gain
In the year 2000, Howard Thomas suffered severe dementia. He also had terminal cancer. In early 2001, his daughter, who was his primary caretaker, took a short vacation. He was left in the care of a Nidia Thomas. While Mr. Thomas’s daughter was away, Nidia arranged for a $150,000 bank account in Mr. Thomas’s name to be retitled from his name to a … [Read more...]
The New Health Care Law – Affordable Care Act
The Republicans in Congress are challenging the health care law passed in 2010 by President Obama and the Democratic controlled Congress. Question: How does the health care law affect you? Americans between the ages of fifty and sixty-four will be significantly affected by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Unfortunately, due to the economic … [Read more...]
Alzheimer’s Disease: What are the Symptoms?
Are you concerned that either you, a close friend or a loved one has the early stages of Alzheimer's disease? What are the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease? Are your parents just becoming forgetful or do they have the early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease? Should you believe that yourself, a friend, a family member or a loved one is … [Read more...]
Killer May Inherit His Victim’s Property
Brandon Paladino killed his mother-in-law. He was convicted of first-degree manslaughter on October 12, 2010. He is facing up to twenty-five years in prison. His wife, Dina, recently died. She was the sole survivor of her mother, who was killed by her husband Brandon. The money that Dina was supposed to inherit from her mother would go to Dina's … [Read more...]
