California Health Care Foundation: Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare (October 28, 2020) In this guest blog post, Justice in “Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare”
Author: Vanessa Barrington
How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker
KUTV2 News Utah: How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker (October 27, 2020) As Utah prepared to implement a care rationing system “How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker”
When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location
The Hill: When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location (October 15, 2020) This op-ed, co-authored by Justice in Aging Deputy Director Jennifer Goldberg “When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location”
Guides to Open Enrollment for 2021 Medicare and Marketplace Coverage
Fall is open enrollment time for both Medicare beneficiaries and enrollees in the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplaces for 2021 coverage. Medicare open enrollment “Guides to Open Enrollment for 2021 Medicare and Marketplace Coverage”
How the pandemic upended Medicare, from expanding teleheath to draining its funds
Miami Herald: How the Pandemic Upended Medicare, From Expanding Telehealth to Draining its Funds (October 15, 2020) As the Medicare system scrambled to respond to “How the pandemic upended Medicare, from expanding teleheath to draining its funds”
Disproportional Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on People with Disabilities
Disability Rap: Disproportional Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on People with Disabilities (October 5, 2020) Justice in Aging Senior Staff Attorney, Denny Chan, talks about “Disproportional Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on People with Disabilities”
Can L.A. County Turn Around Its Nursing Home Debacle?
Capital & Main: Can L.A. County Turn Around Its Nursing Home Debacle? (September 30, 2020) For many, the health disaster that has befallen Los Angeles County’s “Can L.A. County Turn Around Its Nursing Home Debacle?”
A Primer on Dual Eligible Californians: How People Enrolled in Both Medicare and Medi-Cal Receive Their Care
California is home to nearly 20% of the country’s older adults with low incomes and people with disabilities who receive health care coverage from both “A Primer on Dual Eligible Californians: How People Enrolled in Both Medicare and Medi-Cal Receive Their Care”
CMS To Cite Nursing Homes Refusing Visits, Beneficiary Advocates Agree
Inside Health Policy: CMS To Cite Nursing Homes Refusing Visits, Beneficiary Advocates Agree (September 24, 2020) CMS Administrator Seema Verma warned in an op-ed earlier “CMS To Cite Nursing Homes Refusing Visits, Beneficiary Advocates Agree”
Feds Unveil Plan to Reduce Suffering for Nursing Home Residents and Staff Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
ABC News: Feds Unveil Plan to Reduce Suffering for Nursing Home Residents and Staff Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, September 17, 2020 An independent commission set up “Feds Unveil Plan to Reduce Suffering for Nursing Home Residents and Staff Amid Covid-19 Pandemic”