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Martha In Your Community

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I have received this email from Chris Ah San of the Martha Coakley campaign.  The Sturbridge house party is the one I  mentioned in my previous post Meet Martha Coakley in Sturbridge on January 26.  There are links below for you to RSVP online for these events.

Subject: Martha in Your Community
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:22:40 -0500
From: Chris Ah San <chris@marthacoakley.com>
To: steve

Hello everyone,


It’s 2014, a new year and an exciting time as we get ready to elect a new governor.

Martha Coakley, Attorney General and Democratic candidate for Governor, will be in Western and Central Massachusetts on Sunday, January 26th. Please click here to join us.

Martha is looking forward to getting to know you and what you care about most, so bring your ideas, your questions, your friends, and your family. If you’ve been waiting to get involved or want to learn more about the campaign, this is the perfect opportunity to have fun with your neighbors and discuss the issues that matter to you.

Please see the details below and RSVP if you plan to come.

North Adams House Party

Home of Kathy and Mark Mancini
69 Hathaway St #1
North Adams, MA
Sunday, January 26th at 12pm
To RSVP, click here.

Martha in Easthampton

The Massage School
1 Northampton St
Easthampton, MA
Sunday, January 26th at 5:30pm
To RSVP, click here.

Sturbridge House Party

Home of Bill MacDonald
28 Woodside Cir
Sturbridge, MA
Sunday, January 26th at 7:30pm
To RSVP, click here.

Martha looks forward to meeting you soon. See you there!

Best,

Chris Ah San

Regional Field Director, Martha Coakley for Governor


    

    
                                    

                                
                                                            
                                                                    

                                        
    

              

          
Insured for old age? An economist explains the dangers of long-term care insurance
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The PBS web site has the article Insured for old age? An economist explains the dangers of long-term care insurance.


Although Medicaid laws and limits are given here for illustrative purposes only and are subject to change and interpretation, understanding them does help explain many experts’ contention that there is a narrow window of wealth that should determine a couple’s need for long-term care insurance. At the bottom end, if non-home, non-car assets are below $115,920, Medicaid will kick in to fund the partner who needs long-term care. At the upper end, if non-home assets are above about $700,000, a couple can self-fund most nursing home stays without depleting assets. It is those whose wealth ranges from about $150,000 to $700,000 who have the greatest need for conventional long-term care insurance.


Although I wouldn’t put much faith in anything that is on PBS these days, perhaps this article does give you a place to start thinking about this issue.