Public News Service: New York Suit Contests Social Security Closures, Changes (October 5, 2021) Disability advocates and other groups are suing the federal government over “New York Suit Contests Social Security Closures, Changes”
Category: LITIGATION
Campos et. al. v. Kijakazi – Litigation
Filed September 16, 2021 in the United States District Court Eastern District of New York The Social Security Administration wrongfully reduced and discontinued SSI benefits “Campos et. al. v. Kijakazi – Litigation”
Chinatown Service Center & Saint Barnabas Senior Services v. United States Department of Health and Human Services – Litigation
Filed February 5, 2021 People with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) have a right to language assistance services when they visit a health care provider. Language “Chinatown Service Center & Saint Barnabas Senior Services v. United States Department of Health and Human Services – Litigation”
How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker
KUTV2 News Utah: How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker (October 27, 2020) As Utah prepared to implement a care rationing system “How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker”
Amin v. Azar – Litigation
The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) failure to timely process appeals harms extremely low-income older adults and adults and children with disabilities across the country who “Amin v. Azar – Litigation”
Medicare Patients Placed Under “Observation Status” Win Right to Appeal, Federal Court Orders
Media Contact: Vanessa Barrington 510-256-1200 vbarrington@justiceinaging.org March 24, 2020—Medicare beneficiaries who have been denied coverage for nursing facility services after transferring from hospitals because the “Medicare Patients Placed Under “Observation Status” Win Right to Appeal, Federal Court Orders”
Clark V. Astrue
(UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT/SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK) The late Elaine Clark was the lead plaintiff in Clark v. Astrue, brought by Justice in Aging “Clark V. Astrue”
Held V. Colvin
(U.S. DISTRICT COURT/CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA)
J.D. V. BAPTIST CONVALESCENT CENTER
(COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY CAMPBELL CIRCUIT COURT DIVISION TWO)
Hart v. Berryhill (Formerly Hart v. Colvin)
(U.S. DISTRICT COURT/NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA) Kevin Hart was a Jack-of-all trades for decades. He poured concrete, framed houses, loaded 50 pound sacks of almonds “Hart v. Berryhill (Formerly Hart v. Colvin)”