News
On this page you'll find NSCLC press releases, links to media coverage of NSCLC, and general announcements.
- Social Security to Repay Those Wrongly Denied Benefits (New America Media) (2009/08/19) Read New America Media's coverage of the Martinez settlement
- $500-million settlement reached in suspension of Social Security benefits (Los Angeles Times) (2009/08/12)
- Social Security Administration to Pay $500 Million in Settlement (WSJ) (2009/08/12)
- Judge backs Social Security benefits settlement (SF Chronicle) (2009/08/12)
- Social Security to Pay $500 Million To 80,000 Victims of Database Error (Wash. Post) (2009/08/12)
- $500M Gov’t Settlement Could Aid 200K Social Security-Eligible Individuals (ABA Journal) (2009/08/11)
- Thousands of California Elders Losing Long-Term Care (New America Media) (2009/08/10) Musician Ortiz Walton, 75, is one of millions of Americans who need long-term care. But he is about to lose services that have enabled him to stay in his Berkeley, Calif., home and out of a nursing institution, because Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger line-item vetoed those programs from the state budget.
- Congress Tackles Long-Term Care (New York Times) (2009/07/23) The New Old Age Blog of the New York Times examines the CLASS Act, a bill introduced by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, that would establish a national long-term care insurance program.
- Health Care Reform Must Be Affordable for Older Americans (2009/07/17) The LCAO urges the Senate Finance Committee to address problems with the current health care reform proposal, which would adversely affect older Americans with moderate incomes.
- National Elder Rights Training Project Webinar Series (2009/07/06) The National Consumer Law Center, with a grant from the Administration on Aging, sponsored a series of webinars for the National Elder Rights Training Project. You can view past webinars in the series and download materials from the webinars.
