A Look at Three New ABLE Programs Available Nationwide
ABLE accounts are a relatively new planning tool available to individuals with disabilities. Here are details on the ABLE account programs of three states that allow out-of-state [...]
Four Reasons Why Dropping Medicaid Is Usually Not a Good Idea, Even After a Large Award or Settlement
Many newly “wealthy” clients ask what the value is of staying on Medicaid. Shouldn’t millions of dollars be sufficient to pay for health care? There are a number of reasons [...]
How Life Insurance Can Be Used to Fund a Special Needs Trust
Special needs planners often recommend life insurance as a funding mechanism for an SNT. Here's why, and what your main choices are.
Is It Better to Use Joint Ownership or a Trust to Pass Down a Home?
When leaving a home to your children, you can avoid probate by using either joint ownership or a revocable trust, but which is the better method?
How Can A Special Needs Trust Pay for Utilities?
Can a special needs trust pay for utilities?
Website for Federal Law Protecting Students with Special Needs Suddenly Disappears
A U.S. Department of Education website that provides information on the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) is no longer accessible and two senators are demanding answers from [...]
Costs of Some New Long-Term Care Insurance Policies Rise in Latest Survey
A couple who are both age 60 and who purchase new long-term care insurance coverage can expect to pay between 6 and 9 percent more compared to a year ago according to the [...]
Trump Delays Rule That Retirement Advisers Put Their Client's Interests Ahead of Their Own
President Trump signed an executive order calling for a review of the fiduciary rule that was intended to prevent financial advisers from steering their clients to bad retirement investments [...]
MassMutual's Kelly Piacenti Joins ASNP's Advisory Board
Kelly Piacenti, head of MassMutual's SpecialCareSM, has joined the Advisory Board of the Academy of Special Needs Planners (ASNP).
