Like many older adults, Dorothy, the 72-year-old Chinese American in Seattle’s Chinatown, has had a tough year. She has been coping by mostly quarantining alone, “Centering Vaccination Planning on Equity: Intersecting Considerations of Age, Race, and More”
Category: DUAL ELIGIBLES
Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare
One might think dual enrollment in Medicare and Medi-Cal should provide relief from health coverage worries, but many of the 1.4 million Californians with low “Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare”
Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare
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”
Issue Brief: 8 Recommendations for Health Plans Serving Dually Eligible Individuals to Center Equity: An Overdue and Necessary Response to COVID-19
COVID-19 is disparately impacting older adults, people with disabilities and those with underlying health conditions, communities of color, and people with limited income and wealth. “Issue Brief: 8 Recommendations for Health Plans Serving Dually Eligible Individuals to Center Equity: An Overdue and Necessary Response to COVID-19”
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”
Free Webcast: How Health Plans Serving Dual Eligibles Can Center Equity During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront longstanding racial disparities in our healthcare system, and data show that older adults – especially older adults “Free Webcast: How Health Plans Serving Dual Eligibles Can Center Equity During COVID-19”
Health Disparities Facing Older Adults of Color amid COVID-19
Guest Blog for NheLP: Health Disparities Facing Older Adults of Color amid COVID-19 (August, 24, 2020) The COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges for nearly all communities across the “Health Disparities Facing Older Adults of Color amid COVID-19”
Medicare and People Leaving Incarceration: A Primer for California Advocates During the Pandemic
In response to COVID-19, California has begun early release of some individuals from custody in state facilities. Obtaining appropriate health care coverage is one of “Medicare and People Leaving Incarceration: A Primer for California Advocates During the Pandemic”
Free Webcast: Medicare Coverage and COVID-19
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and new legislation have changed many of the rules in Medicare to respond to COVID-19. This webcast “Free Webcast: Medicare Coverage and COVID-19”
Free Webinar: Part D Co-Pays and California Duals on HCBS
In 2012, the Affordable Care Act expanded the Part D Extra Help (also known as the Low-Income Subsidy “LIS”) program such that dual eligibles enrolled “Free Webinar: Part D Co-Pays and California Duals on HCBS”