LGBTQ+ older adults face challenges in accessing and using their Medicare benefits. Same sex couples who are married or are considering marriage, for example, need “Medicare and LGBTQ+ Older Adults: Resources for Advocates”
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Aging Well and Equitably
The 19th News: Aging Well and Equitably (October 27, 2022) The 19th News, a solutions journalism online publication specializing in women and LGBTQ+ issues brought “Aging Well and Equitably”
Justice in Aging Opposes Texas Governor Abbott’s Directive to Investigate Gender Affirming Care
Last week, Governor Abbott of Texas used the power of his office to dehumanize transgender individuals when he issued an order calling on the state’s “Justice in Aging Opposes Texas Governor Abbott’s Directive to Investigate Gender Affirming Care”
Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry
New York Times: Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry (January 23, 2022) This case challenged a policy that limited “Social Security Opens to Survivors of Same-Sex Couples Who Could Not Marry”
FAQ: Five Frequently Asked Questions About the Health Care Rights Law and Proposed Changes
The Trump Administration has published a proposed rule to eliminate key nondiscrimination protections under the Health Care Rights Law (Section 1557 of the Affordable Care “FAQ: Five Frequently Asked Questions About the Health Care Rights Law and Proposed Changes”
Justice in Aging’s Statement on Trump Administration’s Proposed Roll-back of Health Care Rights
Today as part of an ongoing attack on the most marginalized, the Trump Administration is proposing dangerous and far reaching changes to regulations implementing the “Justice in Aging’s Statement on Trump Administration’s Proposed Roll-back of Health Care Rights”
Aging as LGBT: Two Stories
Tina and Jackie were born in the same town in 1947. Despite similar beginnings, their lives take very different turns. In 1967, Tina meets Frank. “Aging as LGBT: Two Stories”
New Fact Sheet: New Guidance on Spousal & Survival Benefits for Married LGBT Individuals
On March 1, 2017 the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it would reopen its decisions to deny spousal or survivor’s benefits to individuals who “New Fact Sheet: New Guidance on Spousal & Survival Benefits for Married LGBT Individuals”
Injunction Puts Focus on Need to Keep 1557 Protections
On December 31, 2016, a Texas Federal District Court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction prohibiting the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of “Injunction Puts Focus on Need to Keep 1557 Protections”
New Medicare Fact Sheets for LGBTQ People
Ever since the Supreme Court first overturned the federal Defense of Marriage Act in 2013 and then, in 2015, making same-sex marriage legal in every “New Medicare Fact Sheets for LGBTQ People”
