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                A few months ago President Trump announced a plan to lower prescription drug costs under Medicare by moving coverage of certain expensive drugs from Medicare Part B to Part D.  Part B is the medical benefit that was part of the original Medicare law passed by Congress in 1965. 

                The title of the article in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago was intended to turn heads.  (See https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pension-hole-for-u-s-cities-and-states-is-the-size-of-japans-economy-1532972501?mod=hp_lead_pos7) There has been an increasing amount of coverage in the media about the pension crisis in the country, specifically the underfunding of public employee pensions.  According to the

                In this week’s post we continue with the topic of power of attorney and specifically how to handle resistance from banks and financial institutions.  Last week I outlined the scenarios in which a bank can refuse to honor a power of attorney.  New Jersey law says that a banking

                Last week’s post again addressed the use of powers of attorney and specifically the problem of encountering resistance by a financial institution.  As I explained, many financial institutions prefer that customers sign their own form of power of attorney and do so in front of one of their employees.Â