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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a plan to address health equity in Medicare. The plan, developed by the Office of Minority Health, will focus on populations that experience barriers to accessing care and lower quality of care.
In anticipation of Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to the United States, the leaders of the “New Models of Care for an Aging Society” symposium have issued a consensus statement recognizing the moral and ethical obligations of religious institutions, government, business and society as a whole to reframe and restructure existing care models for the global aging population.
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) has put together a very helpful guide for use by advocates illustrating successful programs designed to educate and connect needy seniors with the federal government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp program).
A new report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) verifies a troubling trend for poor seniors: across the country, health care providers are illegally billing low-income Medicare beneficiaries.
In observance of the 50th anniversary of Medicare, the advocacy group Partnership for a New American Economy (PNAE) is releasing a new video ad that calls attention to the nearly $200 billion surplus immigrants have contributed in taxes to the federal healthcare program for people who are 65 or older, as well as their role in filling much-needed jobs caring for America’s senior citizens.
Through a national network of aging services and funding, the OAA offers a wide range of supports, including home-delivered and congregate meals, disease prevention and health promotion, caregiver support, transportation, Medicare counselors, elder abuse prevention, and workforce preparation. The Act is four years overdue for reauthorization -- leading to currently stagnant funding levels and putting its future in jeopardy.
While the leadership at SAGE (Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders) continues celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision this past week in Obergefell v. Hodges -- a ruling which finally brings the freedom to marry to all Americans -- the organization is advising members of the LGBT community to take some time and learn about how the ruling will affect their lives going forward.
Disability and aging advocates on July 26 will celebrate the 25th anniversary of President George H.W. Bush signing the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. This celebratory time offers an opportunity to commemorate the ADA’s history and its future potential.
The head of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare has fired off a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to vote against HR 1314, the proposed Trade Act of 2015, a measure now being considered in the House.
Just as the California Chamber of Commerce kicks off its annual “Capitol Summit” meeting, two statewide nonprofits are pressing the orgainzation to reverse its position on legislation designed to protect widowed homeowners from unnecessary foreclosures. The Chamber currently opposes such legislation. Interestingly, the chair of the California Chamber also happens to be head of one of the state's largest mortgage servicers.
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