A new proposal announced today aims to improve Medicare to better address the critical gap in home care that older adults and disabled people need to maintain their independence and address their unmet long-term care needs. "Adding more robust home care benefits to Medicare is an essential step toward ensuring that older adults and people […]
Following a fairness hearing on June 17, 2024, at the United States District Court in Boston, Judge Nathaniel Gorton entered a final order on June 18, 2024 approving a landmark cross-disability Settlement Agreement in Marsters v. Healey. The Marsters case is a disability rights class action lawsuit brought against the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on behalf […]
Yesterday, a group of nursing facility residents with disabilities and mobility impairments filed a class action lawsuit against the Maryland Department of Health in the U.S. District Court for Maryland alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The lawsuit seeks to compel the state agency to […]
Settlement invests in new housing opportunities and community-based programs for older adults and persons with physical disabilities or mental illness BOSTON, MA – Today, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services announced a settlement that has been reached in a class action lawsuit that expands opportunities for individuals in nursing facilities, including the plaintiffs […]
More than 12 million people are eligible for both federal programs, and policy change is needed to enable these programs to work most effectively Washington, D.C.—A diverse group of national stakeholders launched the Medicare-Medicaid Integration Alliance (MMIA) and announced cornerstone principles as a framework for federal and state policies that better support people dually eligible […]
The settlement will provide automatic remedies to nearly a quarter million SSI recipients who were charged with overpayments by the Social Security Administration.
Sacramento—Last month, Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Merced) unveiled SB 37, the Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Act, which would provide rent subsidies for at-risk older and disabled individuals. The bill offers California the opportunity to address older adult homelessness at a critical time when older adults are disproportionately impacted by the housing crisis. […]
SACRAMENTO - Last month, Sen. Anna Caballero (D-Merced) unveiled SB 37, the Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities Housing Stability Act, which would provide rent subsidies for at-risk older and disabled individuals. The bill offers California the opportunity to address older adult homelessness at a critical time when older adults are disproportionately impacted by the […]
Last night, Judge Michael P. Shea of the U.S. District Court for the District of CT issued an order “clarifying” his nationwide Preliminary Injunction entered against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 31, 2023, which had expressly required that it “reinstate its previous guidance” under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), […]
Plaintiffs in National Class Action File Motion for an Emergency Order to Enforce Nationwide Injunction, Pushing HHS to Restore Medicaid Benefits and Ensure Fair Medicaid Enrollment Redeterminations for Older Adults and People with Disabilities (March 1, 2023)—Yesterday, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut was asked to grant an […]
