Richard L. Kaplan, J.D.

Peer and Sarah Pedersen Professor of Law

College of Law
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: (217) 333-2499
Fax: (217) 244-1478
E-mail: rkaplan@law.uiuc.edu

Area of Interest

Legal issues faced by Americans as they live longer; including health care decision-making when incapacitated; control over one's financial assets; financial support in retirement from Social Security, employer-provided pension, and individual savings; health care options; housing alternatives as people age, including assisted living, continuing care retirement communities and nursing homes; and financing long-term care, whether via insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid.

Publications

"Cracking the Conundrum: Toward a Rational Financing of Long-Term Care," 2004 Illinois Law Review, pp. 47-89.

"Enron, Pension Policy and Social Security Privatization," Arizona Law Review, vol. 46, pp. 53-90 (2004).

Elder Law in a Nutshell (3rd ed., West Group, 2003). (with Lawrence A. Frolik).

"Crowding Out: Estate Tax Reform and the Elder Law Policy Agenda," Elder Law Journal, vol. 10, pp. 15-46 (2002).

"Financing Long-Term Care in the United States: Who Should Pay for Mom and Dad?", chapter in "Aging: Caring for Our Elders" (Kluwer Academic Press, 2001).

"Retirement Funding and the Curious Evolution of Individual Retirement Accounts", Elder Law Journal, vol. 7, pp. 283-311 (1999).

"Taking Medicare Seriously" 1998 Illinois Law Review, pp.777-799.

"Top Ten Myths of Social Security," Elder Law Journal, vol. 3, pp.191-214 (1995).

Keywords

long-term care; retirement funding