Tom Ashbrook, host of WBUR’s program, “On Point”, just did a great show about maximizing receipt of Social Security benefits as one approaches retirement. Cut and paste this link into your browser to listen to the informative program: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/03/18/social-security-benefits-secrets-owe    

Time changes everything.   You may be richer or poorer than you were five years ago.  The family may have gotten bigger with the birth of a new child or grandchild.  Health issues may have arisen in the last few years forcing an earlier retirement.  Asset protection planning may have not been a concern when you […]

I’ve written many articles on the benefits of long-term care insurance.  In Massachusetts, it can be an easy way to protect a home from the placement of a MassHealth lien.   For a good article which summarizes many of the benefits long-term care insurance provides, click this link: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102322395 Sincerely,   Eric R. Oalican

Today Congress passed one of NAELA’s top legislative priorities: provisions that protect children with disabilities of members of the military by allowing their parents’ survivor benefits to go into a special needs trust. The provisions were passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015 and are substantively equivalent to the Disabled […]

No matter how you spin it, the news that exercise may help prevent and treat Disease X doesn’t really qualify as a surprise. That’s the default assumption these days. But when Disease X is Alzheimer’s, a progressive and irreversible degenerative brain condition with few effective treatment options, the finding is worth a closer look. Data […]