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Helping Older Immigrants Navigate Medicare
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Did you know that more than 8 million U.S. residents age 65 and older are immigrants, and that 4 million Medicare beneficiaries have limited English proficiency? If you are an English-speaking older adult, or have loved ones who are, you have probably experienced how complex and confusing it is to navigate Medicare and all the…
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An Update on Medi-Cal Share of Cost Reform
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This summer, Governor Newsom and the California State Legislature passed a budget that continues to protect many of the central services older adults and people with disabilities rely on. We applaud these actions and funding to protect these services. For example, the budget maintains In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) for undocumented Californians in the Medi-Cal program,…
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Supreme Court Decision to Overturn “Chevron Deference” Could Have Far Reaching Implications for Health Care Policy
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KFF, a nonprofit health policy research, polling, and news organization, recently released an issue brief that examines some of the far-reaching implications for health policy of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn “Chevron deference” — a 40-year-old standard for decision-making that required federal courts to defer to reasonable agency decisions where federal law…
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New Legislation Proposed to Raise Personal Needs Allowance for Nursing Home Residents
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New legislation has been introduced that would allow a long-overdue increase to the Personal Needs Allowance for nursing home residents. The Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) is the maximum amount of income nursing home residents can retain to cover personal expenses such as clothing, haircuts, and communication devices like cell phones. Currently, the amount has stagnated…
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Good News on SSI Overpayments During the COVID-19 Emergency
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A recent court-approved settlement will benefit over two million Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients affected by overpayments during the COVID-19 public health emergency period. Social Security and SSI overpayments occur when individuals receive more money for a month than what should have been paid by the Social Security Administration (SSA). This occasionally happens and recouping…
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