A new study looks at how care for Medicare beneficiaries receiving home health services has been impacted by cuts to the Medicare home care program. The report, released Tuesday, September 14, by the George Washington University Medical Center, adds support to critics of the cutbacks for Medicare home care services. The study, paid for by the National Association for Home Care and the Home Health Services and Staffing Association, was not designed to be statistically representative of all home care companies. The head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ida Castro, Tuesday, September 14, promised a broad review of cash balance pension plans, a new type plan that critics contend violate age-discrimination laws. A broad coalition of advocates for the elderly called Tuesday, September 14, for a federal law protecting the rights of families to install cameras in the rooms of nursing homes residents.
Critics say that the cameras invade the privacy of residents.
The Service may not force the plan administrator to distribute assets early, however. If the taxpayer has a right to the assets, the IRS may make the election for the taxpayer. Taxpayers affected by Hurricane Floyd who were unable to make their September 15 estimated tax payments will be allowed a 15-day extension, the Internal Revenue Service announced yesterday, September 15. Taxpayers with corporate, partnership, or fiduciary returns due September 15 must file by September 30. To change address, send an unsubscribe message from your old address, followed by a subscribe message from the new one.