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Category: FACT SHEET
Fact Sheet: Raising New Jersey’s Medicaid Income Limit for Older Adults & People with Disabilities
Medicaid coverage is vital for older adults and people with disabilities, as it includes essential services not covered by Medicare. This coverage is especially crucial “Fact Sheet: Raising New Jersey’s Medicaid Income Limit for Older Adults & People with Disabilities”
Justice in Aging’s Analysis of the Final California 2023-24 State Budget
Earlier this month, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the 2023-24 final state budget and accompanying budget trailer bills. The final budget continues to make investments in “Justice in Aging’s Analysis of the Final California 2023-24 State Budget”
Fact Sheet: Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy & Medicaid Unwinding—Tips for Advocates
Starting in April 2023 and continuing through May 2024, older adults who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid face redeterminations of their Medicaid eligibility, “Fact Sheet: Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy & Medicaid Unwinding—Tips for Advocates”
Fact Sheet: The HCBS Access Act—Realizing the Promise of Olmstead
Today, we commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Olmstead v. L.C. decision recognizing the right of plaintiffs Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson and “Fact Sheet: The HCBS Access Act—Realizing the Promise of Olmstead”
Issue Brief & Fact Sheet: HCBS Equity Framework
Most older adults and people with disabilities want to be able to receive help with daily activities at home and in their communities. This type “Issue Brief & Fact Sheet: HCBS Equity Framework”
Fact Sheet: Work Requirements Would Cut Medicaid for Older Adults
The House of Representatives is planning to vote on a bill that would severely cut spending and take away food assistance and Medicaid from older “Fact Sheet: Work Requirements Would Cut Medicaid for Older Adults”
Fact Sheet: Settlement of SSI Non-Disability Appeals Case, Amin v. Kijakazi
On April 3, 2023, the Eastern District of New York approved a settlement agreement in Amin v. Kijakazi, a case filed against the Social Security “Fact Sheet: Settlement of SSI Non-Disability Appeals Case, Amin v. Kijakazi”
Fact Sheet: Highlights of HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule for Aging and Disability Advocates
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently released an extensive proposed rule on the Fair Housing Act’s (FHA’s) Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing “Fact Sheet: Highlights of HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Rule for Aging and Disability Advocates”
2023 Legislative Bills and Budget Requests Related to the Master Plan for Aging
In January 2021, Governor Newsom released California’s Master Plan for Aging (MPA), which lays out a ten-year plan to prepare the state for an aging “2023 Legislative Bills and Budget Requests Related to the Master Plan for Aging”
