To Protect Older Americans’ Health and Quality of Life, Justice in Aging Supports Mandatory COVID Vaccinations for Staff and Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities COVID-19 “Justice in Aging Supports Mandatory COVID Vaccinations in Long-Term Care Facilities”
Tag: Medicaid
Medicaid Work Requirement Red Tape Threatens Coverage for Family Caregivers
More and more states are moving to restrict Medicaid coverage by requiring low-income adults to report that they are working. In fact, the list of “Medicaid Work Requirement Red Tape Threatens Coverage for Family Caregivers”
Justice in Aging Statement on Affordable Care Act Decision in Texas
Last Friday, a Federal District Court in Texas issued a decision declaring the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in its entirety unconstitutional. The judge’s reasoning has “Justice in Aging Statement on Affordable Care Act Decision in Texas”
Advocacy Groups Sue State of Florida for Violating the Americans with Disabilities Act
A class action lawsuit filed today against Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration asserts that the state’s management of its Medicaid long-term care system violates “Advocacy Groups Sue State of Florida for Violating the Americans with Disabilities Act”
Assisted Living: A $10 Billion Industry with Little Oversight
Governing Magazine: Assisted Living: A $10 Billion Industry with Little Oversight (April 2018) A February report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which found significant shortcomings “Assisted Living: A $10 Billion Industry with Little Oversight”
How Medicaid Work Requirements Could Hurt Older Americans
U.S News and World Report: How Medicaid Work Requirements Could Hurt Older Americans. (April 20, 2018) Since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services opened “How Medicaid Work Requirements Could Hurt Older Americans”
Justice in Aging Statement on Proposed 2019 Budget
President Trump’s proposed FY 2019 Budget is yet another attack on the health and economic security of older adults and people with disabilities. After using “Justice in Aging Statement on Proposed 2019 Budget”
Joint Statement: President’s Budget Targets Key Health Care Programs; Millions of Older Adults and People with Disabilities at Risk if Implemented, Advocates Warn
Washington, DC—The President’s annual budget request is, at its core, a statement of values. It is incredibly troubling then, that President Trump’s budget blueprint for “Joint Statement: President’s Budget Targets Key Health Care Programs; Millions of Older Adults and People with Disabilities at Risk if Implemented, Advocates Warn”
Justice in Aging’s Statement on CMS’s Guidance Regarding Work Requirements for Medicaid-Eligible Individuals
(January 12, 2018) Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) issued guidance to states that would allow them to condition Medicaid eligibility on fulfilling “Justice in Aging’s Statement on CMS’s Guidance Regarding Work Requirements for Medicaid-Eligible Individuals”
Justice in Aging’s Statement on Passage of the Tax Bill
December 20, 2017-Today, the House and Senate passed their destructive tax bill on a purely partisan basis. The tax bill provides an enormous tax break “Justice in Aging’s Statement on Passage of the Tax Bill”
