The webinar took place on March 30, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET – 12:15 p.m. PT/3:15 p.m. ET. The Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule established minimum standards to ensure that Medicaid HCBS consumers live in settings that are truly non-institutional. States were originally expected to comply with the Rule in 2019; […]
As the 118th Congress convenes, Justice in Aging calls on the Administration and Congress to prioritize the health and long-term services and supports (LTSS) needs of low-income older adults. Justice in Aging has created a roadmap of critical administrative and legislative priorities, including addressing health disparities and inequities among older adults, ensuring every older adult […]
Most aging adults and adults with disabilities will require assistance to remain living in their homes and communities at some point over their lifetime. However, who is able to get these services is highly dependent on factors like race, ethnicity, age, disability, language, and others. This Equity Framework for Evaluating California’s Medi-Cal Home and Community-Based […]
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) is the only federally-funded program that covers the full range of supports older adults and people with disabilities need to live safely in their homes and connected to their communities. Despite the significant demand for HCBS, Congress has never funded these services at high enough levels. Since 2021, both […]
Most older adults say they want to remain at home as they age. An important federal program and rule help make this possible: the Medicaid Money Follows the Person (MFP) Program and Spousal Impoverishment Protections, which are both set to expire on September 30, 2027, if Congress does not act. A Justice in Aging Fact […]
This webinar took place on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. PT. Over the last couple decades, California has put significant resources into rebalancing the provision of long-term care away from institutional settings toward community-based integrated settings. Yet, due to limited data collection, reporting, and policy oversight, California’s progress towards the goal of rebalancing, […]
Media Contact: Bernard Kavaler for Disability Rights Connecticut: 860-729-3021 bernard@express-strategies.com Five Plaintiffs from Three States seek to represent others affected throughout the U.S. and ask for nationwide preliminary injunction to stop ongoing harm August 26, 2022—Today, low-income disabled and older adult plaintiffs in Connecticut, Delaware, and Nebraska filed an amended complaint and a formal request […]
Illegal Policy Requires State Medicaid Agencies to Kick Hundreds of Thousands of People Off of Medicaid During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Violation of Congress’s Clear Mandate August 5, 2022--One plaintiff, Deborah Carr, a 63-year-old white Connecticut woman, has received full-benefit Medicaid her entire life due to long term, chronic conditions, including a degenerative neurological disease, […]
As older adults in New Jersey age and begin to need more help, most say they would rather remain at home and receive the supports and services they need there, instead of being forced to separate from their families and communities and move into a nursing facility. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) pay for […]
