For all but the highest earners, affording long-term care can be difficult. Our blog explains how eligible Veterans and their spouses can use the Aid and Attendance Pension Program to reimburse family members providing care or to help pay for the cost of professional care in the home, assisted living care, and nursing home care.
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FYI: Veterans’ Benefits And Discounts That May Surprise YouThere is a little-known Veterans’ benefit called “Aid and Attendance” which may be available to help wartime Veterans and their surviving spouses with their health care costs. This benefit is available to help pay for both home health care and assisted living costs, and can provide benefit payments of $2,054 per month (for a married... Read More »
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Veterans First Act Proposed to Change Culture at VA | Michigan Veterans AttorneyOn April 18, 2016, U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and Richard Blumenthal unveiled the Veterans First Act with the goal of increasing accountability of the more than 335,000 employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), expanding health care programs, protecting whistleblowers, reviewing the use of prescription drugs, increasing access to disability compensation and expanding access... Read More »