If the commission approves your request, it will pay the money directly to the school that you attend. You cannot sell, transfer, pledge or in any way give away your benefits to anyone else before they are paid to you. But California DOES have the aforementioned Boxers Pension Plan, and if improved, monitored and administered properly, it could be the conceptual model to place the professional boxer at the same level as other professional athletes. Let's focus on providing a dignified retirement for those who thrilled us by risking so much. If you'd rather receive care at home, in an Assisted Living Facility, or otherwise maintain your independence and your choice of care providers, consider such long term care financing alternatives as private long-term care insurance, a federally guaranteed reverse equity mortgage, or a Life Settlement which allows you to sell existing life insurance and use the funds to pay for your care now. If you'd rather receive care at home, in an Assisted Living Facility, or otherwise maintain your independence and your choice of care providers, consider such long term care financing alternatives as private long-term care insurance, a federally guaranteed reverse equity mortgage, or a Life Settlement which allows you to sell existing life insurance and use the funds to pay for your care now. This deplorable bill is a weapon to penalize this successful company for being successful. The process can be complex, so you may want to consider hiring an attorney who specializes in disability claims. He writes a bi-weekly column for a local newspaper and is a regular contributor to the NH Business Review. The reasoning? According to hospital financial managers, many people without insurance "don't bother" to pay their bills, so when people do pay their bills, they need to be charged more for those who don't pay at all, and to make up for insurance companies and Medicare and Medicaid patients whose plans also pay too little. Great fighters who have thrilled us over the years, whether fighting for a championship belt or at a local club, face retirement without any kind of financial assistance or access to medical care. If you meet the physical criteria, you have to pass a financial test; owning certain assets is acceptable, while others are not. In a word, boxers have none, and it's been that way too long. Some, like Greg Page or Gerald McClellan, have been injured in the ring; something that can occur in a split second. Recognizing that to establish a national commission is easier said then done, I suspect there are plenty of people out there with the qualifications to sit on such a commission, people like Teddy Atlas, Dr. Elder law specialists deal with legal issues affecting the elderly and disabled including, health and long-term care planning, probate and estate planning, guardianship & conservatorship, and eligibility for publicly funded services when you can no longer afford to pay for the costs of your care. In other words, the most vulnerable people, the ones who cannot afford health insurance coverage, are the ones who are forced to subsidize health care for everyone else. Nor does anyone have a right to be protected from competitors through government and socialist type intervention. If there are any conflicts between the plan as written in the Code and Regulations and the description of the plan in this summary, the Code and Regulations will control. You can obtain more information about this pension plan from the California State Athletic Commission. Handicapping this company through back-door intervention with HB 1704 is political arrogance at its outrageous worst and is morally wrong. A defined benefit plan covering all present and former boxers who meet preset minimum participation requirements. "There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. As Jack Newfield states in his article entitled, "The Shame of Boxing" (posted on the web in October 25, 2001, "I have known a lot of fighters and liked almost all of them. The fact is, if you add up the money spent on Medicare and Medicaid recipients, plus all the federal, state, and local government employees, two-thirds of health care expenses are already paid for by the government. Many suffer from depression, alcohol and substance abuse, rage disorders, homelessness or being indigent, bankruptcy (even the great Joe Louis died penniless), and a total lack of financial awareness. The commission must notify the claimant in writing that it has received the request for review and that the person has 30 days to give the commission a written statement and any documents that he or she feels support the claim. This type of plan would guarantee a minimum benefit amount even for boxers who never had a realistic opportunity to plan for their retirement. This deplorable bill is a weapon to penalize this successful company for being successful. One provides a broad spectrum of services ranging from an optimal amount of high quality home care to elegant and well staffed continuing care retirement communities for those who can afford to pay; while the other offers very limited services ranging from a few hours of home care per week to often dreary, poorly staffed, nursing homes funded by Medicaid. You must give the commission good reasons for changing the way it pays benefits. Thus, the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has now become the Athletic Commission Program (ACP), with its functions and duties transferred to the California Department of Consumer Affairs. Great fighters who have thrilled us over the years, whether fighting for a championship belt or at a local club, face retirement without any kind of financial assistance or access to medical care.