Los Angeles Times: Advocates Say Homeless Hotel Program Discriminates Against Disabled People, August 14, 2020 A program that has moved thousands of homeless people into hotel and “Advocates Say Homeless Hotel Program Discriminates Against Disabled People”
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Senior Moments Radio Show Featuring Justice in Aging Senior Staff Attorney Claire Ramsey
Senior Moments Radio Show: Justice in Aging Senior Staff Attorney discusses the relationship between the California budget and federal funding funding older adults. (August 13, “Senior Moments Radio Show Featuring Justice in Aging Senior Staff Attorney Claire Ramsey”
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”
Leaving Seniors to Fend for Themselves During Pandemic Has Cost Lives
Los Angeles Times Leaving Seniors to Fend for Themselves During Pandemic Has Cost Lives (March 24, 2020) Despite early data showing that older adults were “Leaving Seniors to Fend for Themselves During Pandemic Has Cost Lives”
House Passes Groundbreaking Drug Pricing Legislation that Adds a Dental Benefit to Medicare & Protects Low-Income Seniors
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3). This legislation takes on meaningful drug pricing reform “House Passes Groundbreaking Drug Pricing Legislation that Adds a Dental Benefit to Medicare & Protects Low-Income Seniors”
Medicare Races to Fix Flaw in New Tool that Lets Millions of Seniors find Cheap Drug Plans
Boston Globe: Medicare Races to Fix Flaw in New Tool that Let’s Millions of Seniors Find Cheap Drug Plans (September 10, 2019) The Centers for “Medicare Races to Fix Flaw in New Tool that Lets Millions of Seniors find Cheap Drug Plans”
Older Californians and State of the State
San Francisco Bay Times: Older Californians and State of the State (February 22, 2019) This article discusses California’s rising older adult population and CA Governor Newsom’s “Older Californians and State of the State”
CMS set to roll back nursing home arbitration ban
Politico Pro: CMS set to roll back nursing home arbitration ban (February 13, 2019) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, is reversing a “CMS set to roll back nursing home arbitration ban”
AARP, other national groups challenge Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver
Insider Louisville: AARP, other national groups challenge Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver (January 30, 2019) Justice in Aging, along with AARP and the AARP Foundation, the National Academy “AARP, other national groups challenge Kentucky’s Medicaid waiver”
AARP Celebrates Justice in Aging’s Denny Chan, Recipient of AARP’s Asian American Pacific Islander Hero Award
Sky TV: January 29, 2019 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD_s_1Hhz6U