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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NURSING HOME CARE

Prepared by: Long Term Care Assistance Project,
Maryland Legal Aid
Updated January 2011

Medical Assistance is a government-funded program that pays for long-term health care when personal funds have been exhausted. This leaflet answers the following questions you may have about eligibility requirements and the application process:

What is Medical Assistance?

County Health Rankings

Posted on: 04/01/2011

URL: http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/

This web site provides access to the 50 state reports, ranking each county within the 50 states according to its health outcomes and the multiple health factors that determine a county’s health.

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BenefitsCheckUp - What benefits are you entitled to?

Posted on: 03/23/2011

URL: https://www.benefitscheckup.org/

Find Benefits Programs... Get all the benefits you deserve. Find and enroll in federal, state, local and private programs that help pay for prescription drugs, utility bills, meals, health care and other needs.

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Medicare Interactive

Posted on: 10/01/2010

URL: http://www.medicareinteractive.org/?tr=y&auid=7082048

Medicare Interactive can help you find answers about Medicare benefits. It was created and is maintained by the Medicare Rights Center.

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Pro Bono Counseling Project

Posted on: 06/10/2010

Name:		Pro Bono Counseling Project

Address:		111 West Road
		Suite 202
		Baltimore, MD 21204

Phone Number:		877-323-5800 or 410-825-1001 or 301-825-1388

Fax Number:		410-825-1388

		The Pro Bono Counseling Project (PBCP) assures that uninsured or under-insured, low-income families and individuals in need of mental health care are linked with licensed mental health professionals who provide care on a volunteer basis at no cost.

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Health Care Maryland Legislative Summary 2010

Posted on: 05/21/2010

Now that the Governor has completed his bill signings, I’ve updated my legislative summaries for both elder law and health care laws this session. For ease in reviewing, I separated out the elder law legislation (including guardianship, power of attorneys, and Department of Aging issues) and health care legislation (including all Medicaid, DDA, home and community based services, etc) and shortened them by removing the sponsors and committees. I added some laws that were not included in my previous summaries, including the Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jur

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Public Benefits legislation, rules, and regulations

National Legal Resource Center

Posted on: 04/13/2010

URL: http://www.nlrc.aoa.gov/NLRC/index.aspx

The overall purpose of the National Legal Resource Center (NLRC) is to provide the aging and legal networks with easy access to a coordinated national legal assistance support system in order to strengthen legal assistance/elder rights efforts across the country.

"Planning for Incapacity" Advanced Directive Forms

A Self-Help Guide with forms attached. This is copyright protected materials for which we have a limited right to reproduce and post as follows:

Hospital Debt Collection information

Posted on: 03/12/2010

A memo that Louise Carwell circulated last year on the new law regulating hospital debt collections. Another bill which will add additional protections for consumers faced with hospital bill collections looks like it is going to pass during this legislative session.

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