News Roundup – November 21, 2021

News Sources:

• Elder Law Attorney Daniel Tully has 9 questions you should ask before you or a loved one goes into a nursing home
• Elder Law Attorney Janet Colliton answers “Where is home when you have more than one?”
• Social Security proposal would raise revenue and temporarily enhance benefits
• Nursing homes can now lift most COVID restrictions on visits
• As prices soar, cost-of-living increases for pensions in many states are not keeping up
• Grandmother’s Brain In Sync With Her Grandkids’
• Tax Provisions in the Build Back Better Act
• 11 Things You Need to Know about Medicare
• Recent Developments in Estate Planning, Part 2 (This is the second part of a two-part article examining developments in estate planning. The first part, in the October issue, covered trust and gift tax issues. The current installment updates readers on estate taxation, as well as inflation adjustments)
• A primer on how the IRS gift-tax law pertains to parents and their children
• Why Caregivers May Reject Products that Make Life Easier
• Sharecare and Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers team up to address stress, burnout among professional and informal caregivers
• Biden Proposal Would Side-Step State Legislatures That Didn’t Expand Medicaid
• Uber sued by Justice Department for overcharging disabled people

Government News

• National Family Week: November 21-27, 2021 (Census Bureau)
• IRS resources help taxpayers determine if an offer in compromise is the right way to resolve tax debt
• IRS Announces 2022 Estate and Gift Tax Exemption Amounts
• Teaching the Immune System to Attack Cancer with Greater Precision