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”
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Happy 40th Birthday to Disability Rights California!
[image_with_animation image_url="18294" alignment="" animation="Fade In"] Justice in Aging joins Disability Rights California, in celebrating its 40th Anniversary. For 40 years, DRC has advanced and protected the "Happy 40th Birthday to Disability Rights California!"
Justice in Aging in 2015: A look back
It has been a whirlwind year for an organization that has fought for the rights of low income older adults for the past 43 years! “Justice in Aging in 2015: A look back”
LGBT Older Adults Still Face Discrimination
Imagine being out and proud all of your adult life and then moving into a long-term care facility and having to go back into the closet because you don’t feel safe coming out to staff and other residents. Imagine being dismissed and disrespected when you advocate strongly for the rights of your same-sex companion while she’s being cared for in a nursing home. Imagine feeling like you have to endure homophobic comments from a personal care worker assigned to you because you’re afraid of how he’ll treat you if you speak up.
Same sex married couples on SSI have something to celebrate for Pride
We have some hopeful news regarding Justice in Aging’s lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) for SSA’s demand that lawfully married same sex couples receiving SSI pay back overpayments caused by SSA’s refusal to recognize their marriage in timely fashion.
CUFF Act Won’t Fight Crime, But it Will Fight Poor People
The misguided policy that nearly made Rosa Martinez homeless is rearing its ugly head again. Rosa Martinez, a California woman whose disability benefits were stopped because the Social Security Administration mistook her for a Florida woman with the same name, was Justice in Aging’s lead Plaintiff in the case Martinez v. Astrue.
SSA Instructions to ALJs on Clark v Astrue
(5/9/2011) The instructions are similar to those contained in EM-11032 issued last month which instructed SSA field offices that pursuant to the decision in Clark, “SSA Instructions to ALJs on Clark v Astrue”
