Introduction On April 2, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule streamlining Medicaid eligibility and enrollment. The Streamlining Rule (“Rule”) will: The Rule will particularly help older individuals and people with disabilities, who have historically been left out of some efforts to simplify Medicaid processes (this population is often referred […]
States can use Medicaid waivers to expand oral health coverage and address disparities in access to dental care for older adults and people with disabilities.
As older adults leave incarceration and reenter our communities, they need support to connect them to health care benefits and other essential programs.
Learn about guardianship rights reform efforts, including state laws that clarify the guardian's role and protect the dignity and autonomy of the person under guardianship.
Explore alternatives to guardianship that preserve autonomy for older adults, including powers of attorney, advance directives, and supported decision-making.
Guardianship can strip an older adult of their autonomy and should be a mechanism of last resort. This issue brief examines the guardianship system and offers recommendations to reform the system to promote equity in aging.
This brief provides advocates with basic information about Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) and how they can improve service coordination for dual-eligible populations.
The Supplementary Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act was reintroduced in the House in 2024. The bill would improve the lives of millions of SSI beneficiaries around the country, including over 2 million older adults who are living below the federal poverty level due to inadequate benefit levels, and often lose or are denied benefits due […]
