| Veterans Benefits - Beyond Health Care |
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| The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides several types of non-health-care benefits to service members who were discharged other than dishonorably from active military service. These benefits include disability benefits, pension benefits, home loan guarantees, life insurance, and burial benefits.
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| Housing - Reverse Mortgages - HECM |
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| In an ordinary home equity loan, a homeowner borrows money against the equity in his or her home, making payments to reduce the loan balance after the funds are received. As payments are made, the principal balance of the loan decreases. More... |
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| Grandparent Rights - Visitation |
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| In the past, extended families played larger parts in the lives of children. Family members often lived in close proximity to one another, and parents tended to stay together. With increased technology and transportation, however, today's families are often separated by physical distance, if not emotional distance stemming from divorce. More... |
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| Employment - Veterans -Miscellaneous Benefits of Federal Government Employment to Veterans |
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| In addition to receiving benefits in hiring and reductions in force, qualifying veterans, known as preference eligibles, receive many other benefits in federal government employment. These benefits include the restriction of some federal jobs to preference eligibles, lifetime eligibility for reinstatement, and the receipt of certain noncompetitive appointments. More... |
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| Insurance - Long Term Care - Remedies for Aggrieved Policyholders |
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| Sometimes, the holder of a long-term care insurance contract feels that he or she did not get the benefit of his or her bargain with the insurance company. This may result, for example, from provisions that were clearly delineated in the policy, from items that were in the policy but were not well defined, or from the insurance company overstepping its bounds as an insurer. More... |
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