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February 4, 2025
Work requirements would create red tape and take away Medicaid coverage from many older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers.
January 30, 2025
Medicare advocates should be aware of two important opportunities with a March 31 deadline: the Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period and Medicare General Enrollment Period.
January 28, 2025
The Issue Medicare Part A covers hospital care, as well as some types of long-term care that older adults may need. Most individuals with some work history are entitled to Medicare Part A without having to pay any premium, because they paid into it through federal tax deductions from their employment earnings over the course […]
December 23, 2024
In recent years, California has implemented several Medi-Cal policies to increase the number of people eligible for Medi-Cal coverage, reduce barriers to maintaining coverage, and provide new services designed to prevent and reduce homelessness. This factsheet outlines these policies and how they can help to enhance housing security for older Californians.
December 19, 2024
Starting January 1, 2025, two new policies will be implemented to improve enrollment in California’s Medicare Savings Programs, making Medicare more affordable by providing assistance with out-of-pocket costs such as premiums, co-pays, co-insurance, and deductibles for low income individuals. This factsheet provides a summary of these two changes, including who is impacted, how these two policy changes work together, the steps individuals need to take to benefit from these changes, and advocacy tips.
December 18, 2024
This fact sheet explains how Medicaid “reforms” being considered are all cuts that harm older adults. Whether the cuts come in the form of red tape such as work requirements and stricter eligibility rules, or caps and cuts to federal funding, the result is the same: taking away health and long-term care from older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.
December 5, 2024
This fact sheet explains two areas from the recently revised CMS nursing facility surveyor guidelines. These particular revisions confirm that 1) a facility must obtain a resident’s informed consent before administering medication (including antipsychotics), and 2) certain common admission agreement provisions violate the federal prohibition against financial guarantees.
December 4, 2024
This fact sheet discusses how we can all work to improve and defend SSI, Social Security, and programs that increase housing security.
December 4, 2024
This fact sheet discusses ways that we can work together to improve, expand, and protect Medicaid, Medicare, and civil rights.
December 2, 2024
This guide provides advocates with basic information on eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) in California, including some spotlights on recent updates to the SSI program.
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