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Local CA Adult Day Health Care Center Saved for Now

At the end of March 2012, NSCLC, working with local legal services lawyers, achieved an important victory when the Kern County Board of Supervisors agreed to postpone for three months the closure of its adult day health care center. The … Continue reading

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SSA Instructions to ALJs on Clark v Astrue

(5/9/2011) The instructions are similar to those contained in EM-11032 issued last month which instructed SSA field offices that pursuant to the decision in Clark, benefits would no longer be suspended or denied solely on the basis of a warrant … Continue reading

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Clark v Astrue Court Order Restoring Benefits

As many as 140,000 Americans nationwide will get their Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits restored as a result of an order issed by Judge Sidney H. Stein in a federal court in Manhattan April 13, 2012. READ … Continue reading

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Clark v Astrue: Court Restores Benefits for Thousands

(U.S. District Court/Southern District of New York) — As many as 140,000 Americans nationwide will get their Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits restored as a result of an order issued by Judge Sidney H. Stein in a … Continue reading

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Why Supreme Court Case Makes Such a Difference

(March 2012) There are many reasons why the health reform law is important to low-income older adults and why the Supreme Court would be wrong to overturn it. NSCLC has been a vocal defender of the law as its challengers … Continue reading

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NSCLC Launches New Website about Dual Eligible Demonstrations

The National Senior Citizens Law Center has launched a new website to provide aging and disability advocates the information and tools they need to ensure that models for delivering health and long term services and supports to dual eligibles (people … Continue reading

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In Defense of Don Verrilli: Why the Solicitor General Actually Did a Great Job Defending Obamacare

In this blog for the New Republic, Simon Lazarus defends the Solicitor’s defense of the Affordable Care Act before the Supreme Court. Read the blog and comment.

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Slate: The Temptations of the Court

(3/27/2012) Simon Lazarus. By the third day of Supreme Court arguments over the Affordable Care Act, people may be inclined to tune out. They shouldn’t. The final hour may be of far greater consequence than anything else the court hears … Continue reading

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NSCLC Files Amicus Brief on Minimum Staff Levels

(2012) The National Senior Citizens Law Center, along with AARP, has submitted a friend of the court appellate brief in the California Court of Appeals supporting the right of nursing home residents to enforce California’s minimum nursing home staffing levels. … Continue reading

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National Elder Rights Training Project

NCLC’s National Elder Rights Training Project is part of the National Legal Resource Center, a collaboration of organizations sponsored by the Administration on Aging.  The project sponsors a series of webinars for advocates.      

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