New York Times: For Older Americans, Some Positive Health News (February 28, 2022) The Covid pandemic has presented older Americans with plenty of grim news, “For Older Americans, Some Positive Health News”
Category: LITIGATION
Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage
Kaiser Health News: Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage (January 28, 2022) A three-judge federal appeals court panel in “Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage”
Barrows v. Becerra
UPDATE (January 25, 2022): A federal appeals court ruled that this national class of plaintiffs can appeal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services “Barrows v. Becerra”
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”
New York Suit Contests Social Security Closures, Changes
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”
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”
