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Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits
Scripps National News: Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits (March 4, 2021) In this broadcast news segment, Senior Staff Attorney Kate Lang “Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits”
California Has a Master Plan for Aging. Now What?
Forbes: California Has a Master Plan for Aging. Now What? (February 23, 2021) The number of Californians age 60 and older is due to nearly “California Has a Master Plan for Aging. Now What?”
California is Now Vaccinating About a Million Residents a Week. But is it Equitable?
KALW: California is Now Vaccinating About a Million Residents a Week. But is it Equitable? (February 22, 2021) As counties across the state speed up “California is Now Vaccinating About a Million Residents a Week. But is it Equitable?”
Hospitalized for COVID-19 and No Information: What Californians Who Speak an Indigenous Language Often Face
California Health Report: Hospitalized for COVID-19 and No Information: What Californians Who Speak an Indigenous Language Often Face (February 18, 2021) Tens of thousands of “Hospitalized for COVID-19 and No Information: What Californians Who Speak an Indigenous Language Often Face”
What’s Race Got to Do with Getting your COVID-19 Vaccine?
AARP: What’s Race Got to Do with Getting your COVID-19 Vaccine? (February 17, 2021) The latest data analyzed by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) shows “What’s Race Got to Do with Getting your COVID-19 Vaccine?”
Plaintiffs Sue the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Rolling Back Language Access Protections, Harming Older Adults’ Access to Health Care
Trump Administration’s roll-back of a civil rights rule leads to life-threatening barriers for low-income older adults with limited English proficiency seeking health care during the “Plaintiffs Sue the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Rolling Back Language Access Protections, Harming Older Adults’ Access to Health Care”
Advocates for Older Adults Applaud President Biden’s Steps Towards Reversing Harmful “Public Charge” Rule
Washington, DC (February 3, 2021) On Tuesday, President Biden announced steps towards reversing the Trump Administration’s public charge rule that illegally targets older adult immigrants, “Advocates for Older Adults Applaud President Biden’s Steps Towards Reversing Harmful “Public Charge” Rule”
Without a Ride, Many in Need Have no Shot at COVID-19 Vaccine
Stateline: Without a Ride, Many in Need Have no Shot at COVID-19 Vaccine (February 1, 2021) While state and local governments have been busy planning “Without a Ride, Many in Need Have no Shot at COVID-19 Vaccine”
Online COVID Vaccination Sign-Up Poses Hurdles for Vulnerable Populations
Marketplace: Online COVID Vaccination Sign-Up Poses Hurdles for Vulnerable Populations (February 1, 2021) For people who aren’t comfortable with technology or who aren’t online at “Online COVID Vaccination Sign-Up Poses Hurdles for Vulnerable Populations”