Grace and Carrie feel that Carrie's biggest mistake was switching from traditional Medicare to a Medicare HMO. More than 12 million Americans need some form of long-term care, and the population of the very old (over 85) is expected to triple by 2040. Medicaid is the largest source of public money for long-term care, paying for almost half of the nation's nursing home care. But families pay, too- out-of-pocket spending accounts for more than 20 percent of what we spend on long-term care.
The short answer is yes! A convicted felon can become licensed to practice law, though not in all states. As of 2015, only three states and one territory outright ban convicted felons from ever becoming lawyers: Kansas, Mississippi, Texas, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Everyone thinks they can be a lawyer if they won fights with their mother or majored in history. But for many lawyers, the detail work of law is never fulfilling, says Brian Siegel, 50, a tax attorney who left a partnership with a major Philadelphia firm to join a venture-capital group.