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Table of Contents Introduction Medicaid estate recovery, mandated by federal law, requires states to pursue payback for certain Medicaid benefits from the estates of deceased beneficiaries. This policy perpetuates inequities and deepens existing disparities by deterring access to essential services, hindering intergenerational wealth accumulation, and exacerbating financial and housing instability …

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Sometimes we forget how scary words can be. We should have learned at a young age that words have great meaning but sometimes we forget. Like when Little Red Riding Hood had her conversation with the big bad wolf who threatened to eat her up! Yeah, that should have been …

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Fight Aging! publishes news and commentary relevant to the goal of ending all age-related disease, to be achieved by bringing the mechanisms of aging under the control of modern medicine. This weekly newsletter is sent to thousands of interested subscribers. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the newsletter, please visit: …

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Q: My mother is 80.  She is very active (despite breaking her hip 2 years ago), she still attends water therapy 3 times a week at the YMCA, she drives to the base (which is 20 miles away) and pays her bills on time.  She is a retired Psych nurse and …

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