May is also National Elder Law Month, announces the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Transmitted to Congress on March 31, this bill represents the Administration on Aging's and the Department of Labor's proposal for reauthorizing the Older Americans Act. The Senate Finance Committee will hold the second in a series of hearings on Medicare reform on Wednesday, May 5. During this second hearing, the Committee will examine the financing of the program, specifically the relative financial obligations of taxpayers and beneficiaries. The change is from a 1980 table to a 1990 table.
Special rules apply to CRTs.
HCFA makes coverage decisions regarding whether specific services that meet one of the broadly-defined Medicare benefit categories can be covered. This notice announces the process HCFA will use to make a national coverage decision for a specific item or service. Four government officials from Tokyo toured the Laguna Woods retirement community on April 26 with an eye toward eventually creating a seniors-only town of their own. But the visit represents a sea change in Japanese culture, where caring for one's parents has long been a person's first moral obligation. TELeB is a free e-mail newsletter published 48 weeks a year, Monday and Thursday, except for major holidays.