Please take the time to read this important notice about your resident's future eligibility for Aid & Attendance benefits...
Dear Reader:
Your help is needed to protect our veterans and seniors.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has introduced new regulations that will negatively affect your ability to receive benefits for yourself and your loved ones.
The new proposed regulations, introduced January 23, 2015, will create a three (3) year “look-back” period for applicants, similar to Medicaid. It will eliminate your ability to protect your assets through legal planning strategies to immediately qualify for benefits.
Although our office supports protecting veterans and seniors from abusive planning practices, the new policies simply go too far by creating several unintended consequences:
If we do not act now, these policies may become law as early as April 1, 2015; hindering service organizations from helping our World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veterans qualify for benefits they need and deserve.
View Proposed Law
What can we do?
Our voices need to be heard. We need people to contact the VA and their representatives in Congress.
Residents of senior communities, seniors, veterans, families of veterans, and senior living communities themselves need to express their opposition to these new proposed regulations.
Call, write, or e-mail the VA to let them know that these proposed rules need to be re-examined and not be put into law. Your opinion matters, contact the VA at:
Martha Schimpf
Pension and Fiduciary Service (21P)
Phone (505) 346-4817
E-mail [email protected]
Veterans Benefits Administration
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420
The VA must receive comments before March 24, 2015.
You may also contact your legislator. If you do not know who your local congressperson is, you may find out by going online:
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
It is not too late to help our veterans and seniors.
Sincerely,
The Staff of Veteran Support Center
Dear Reader:
Your help is needed to protect our veterans and seniors.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has introduced new regulations that will negatively affect your ability to receive benefits for yourself and your loved ones.
The new proposed regulations, introduced January 23, 2015, will create a three (3) year “look-back” period for applicants, similar to Medicaid. It will eliminate your ability to protect your assets through legal planning strategies to immediately qualify for benefits.
Although our office supports protecting veterans and seniors from abusive planning practices, the new policies simply go too far by creating several unintended consequences:
- Create a longer time period for approval as the VA reviews financial transfers occurring within three (3) years of application.
- Potentially disqualify seniors and veterans that are currently eligible to receive benefits.
- Dissuade seniors and veterans from pursuing benefits for home care, independent living, and assisted living.
- Encourage more people to apply for Medicaid creating a greater strain on the federal budget.
If we do not act now, these policies may become law as early as April 1, 2015; hindering service organizations from helping our World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veterans qualify for benefits they need and deserve.
View Proposed Law
What can we do?
Our voices need to be heard. We need people to contact the VA and their representatives in Congress.
Residents of senior communities, seniors, veterans, families of veterans, and senior living communities themselves need to express their opposition to these new proposed regulations.
Call, write, or e-mail the VA to let them know that these proposed rules need to be re-examined and not be put into law. Your opinion matters, contact the VA at:
Martha Schimpf
Pension and Fiduciary Service (21P)
Phone (505) 346-4817
E-mail [email protected]
Veterans Benefits Administration
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420
The VA must receive comments before March 24, 2015.
You may also contact your legislator. If you do not know who your local congressperson is, you may find out by going online:
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
It is not too late to help our veterans and seniors.
Sincerely,
The Staff of Veteran Support Center