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Celebrating Rachel Carson’s Life and Legacy | Science: http://t.co/XjRUXlhHhT
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RT @AARPCares: Best stimulus package may be food stamps: http://t.co/XwHPMmejs2 via @BloombergView
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RT @NCOAging: "Reauthorizing the OAA is crucial to ensure that we meet the needs of today's seniors" - Jim Firman http://t.co/jlmQZAAX91
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EPA Aging Initiative. Chance to enter Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder contest. http://t.co/JcaiXAKFHg
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Modern Healthcare: NSCLC's Prindiville on why states delaying, dropping dual-eligible pilot programs #dualeligibles http://t.co/fxP8sjvFT7
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Author Archives: NanOak
Annual Report Summarizes 40th Year
(April 2013) Last year marked NSCLC’s 40th anniversary. While we celebrated that milestone, we also recognized that challenges to the rights of low income older adults to quality health care, economic security or access to the courts have by no … Continue reading
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Forty One California Organizations Express Concerns about Cal Medi-Connect
(5/2/13) On behalf of the state’s dual eligibles, advocates call for limiting the demonstration size, a more realistic implementation timeframe, voluntary enrollment, requiring home and community-based services as part of benefit package, and more.
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Capitol Hill Briefing Introduces Bill to Strengthen and Restore SSI
A briefing to introduce the SSI Restoration Act (H.R. 1601) Wednesday drew about 60 Hill staff, policymakers, government officials and advocates from national organizations.
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What You Need to Know About SSI
What is the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program? Who qualifies for SSI benefits? What are the eligibility rules of the program? And how are SSI benefits the same as and different from other benefits from the Social Security Administration? We … Continue reading
WEBINAR: The California Coordinated Care Initiative: What Advocates Need to Know – Basics
Free Webinar Series The state of California is moving forward with implementation of the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI), including the recently federally-approved dual eligible demonstration project, now known as Cal MediConnect. The CCI is currently set to begin on January … Continue reading
Briefing: The Need to Restore and Strengthen the SSI Program
On April 17, NSCLC sponsored a Capitol Hill briefing attended by some 60 Hill staff, government officials, as well as consumer and other interest groups. At the briefing, the “SSI Restoration Act” (H.R. 1601) sponsored by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) was …
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Summary of California Dual Eligible Agreement with CMS
On March 27th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to implement a dual eligible demonstration that will transform the way Medicare and … Continue reading
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CMS Approves California’s Dual Eligible Demonstration
On March 27th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to implement a dual eligible demonstration that will transform the way Medicare and …
Notice About In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Settlement
The National Senior Citizens Law Center asks for your help in distributing the attached notice to your networks, members and IHSS consumers, and in posting the attached flyer in your offices. The notice and flyer are about the settlement of …
Call-in April 10 Seeks to Stop Obama’s Chained CPI Proposal
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare is mobilizing advocates across the nation in a Congressional Call-In day on Wednesday, April 10th, the day that President Obama releases his budget that will reportedly include cuts to Social Security …
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