If you work with older adults (or have older adults in your life), you have a sense of what we all need as we age. “What Advocates for Older Adults Need to Know About the Budget Resolution”
Category: Affordable Care Act
Fact Sheet: Open Enrollment for 2018 through Medicare & the Marketplace
Here’s what older adults need to know about this year’s Open Enrollment periods for both Medicare and the Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplaces. Open “Fact Sheet: Open Enrollment for 2018 through Medicare & the Marketplace”
Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal & Replace Proposal: New Name, Same Attacks on Older Adults
Senators Graham and Cassidy recently released the lone remaining proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Graham-Cassidy plan once again takes “Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal & Replace Proposal: New Name, Same Attacks on Older Adults”
Health Savings Accounts Won’t Help Most Older Adults
Proposals to expand the use of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) have been raised repeatedly in the health care debate. This new issue brief looks at “Health Savings Accounts Won’t Help Most Older Adults”
Older Adults & the ACA Health Insurance Marketplace: What’s at Stake for 2018
Among its many achievements, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made great strides in covering more older adults who previously had no access to health “Older Adults & the ACA Health Insurance Marketplace: What’s at Stake for 2018”
Senate ACA-Repeal Knocks Down House, Builds Shack
Over 90% of older adults say that they want to remain in their homes as they age, rather than going into a nursing home. A “Senate ACA-Repeal Knocks Down House, Builds Shack”
The Republican Health Care Bill is Bad News for Your Grandparents. And Your Parents. And You.
Who needs Medicaid? Probably someone you know. Medicaid is the backstop government program that provides coverage when someone can’t afford necessary health care. Historically, Medicaid “The Republican Health Care Bill is Bad News for Your Grandparents. And Your Parents. And You.”
4 Ways the AHCA is an Attack on Older Adults
The House is set to vote today on the American Health Care Act (AHCA), the GOP bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act “4 Ways the AHCA is an Attack on Older Adults”
5 Ways Plans to Cap Medicaid Funding Put Seniors at Risk
The plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that Congressional leaders released last week contains drastic changes to Medicaid funding that would raise costs “5 Ways Plans to Cap Medicaid Funding Put Seniors at Risk”
Repeal of the ACA—Without a Replacement—Threatens California Seniors
There are currently 7.6 million older adults living in California who rely on Medicare, Medi-Cal, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to see a doctor, “Repeal of the ACA—Without a Replacement—Threatens California Seniors”