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	<title>National Senior Citizens Law Center &#187; Economic Security</title>
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		<title>Policy Issue Brief: SSI Modernization Improvements Long Overdue (2013)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(1/17/2013) A basic problem is that Supplemental Security Income is still designed for 1972, the year it was signed into law by President Nixon. A policy issue brief, recommendations and a fact sheet can all be found here. Read the Policy &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/policy-issue-brief-ssi-modernization-improvements-long-overdue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GLAD Report on DOMA Urges Same Sex Couples to Apply for Social Security Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Income Disparities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An October 2012 report from GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders) is entitled Social Security and the Defense of Marriage Act: Can I Do Anything Now to Preserve My Rights?]]></description>
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		<title>Table Helps Calculate Medicaid Eligibility Under Pickle Amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(11/15/12) The Social Security Administration recently announced its cost of living adjustment for Social Security and SSI benefits effective January 1. This adjustment affects the calculation of Pickle Amendment eligibility for Medicaid in 2013. This paper and the tables contained &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/table-helps-calculate-medicaid-eligibility-under-pickle-amendment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medicare Benefits Restored Because of Clark v. Astrue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the efforts of NSCLC, class members in the Clark v. Astrue case who lost their Medicare Part B benefits when their Social Security benefits were stopped and they could no longer pay the premium will be able to have &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/medicare-benefits-restored-because-of-clark-v-astrue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Statement: Happy Birthday to Social Security</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/statement-happy-birthday-to-social-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In observing this anniversary, we need to celebrate the critical role played by Social Security in enabling older Americans and workers who become disabled to live independently and not be a burden to their offspring.  We also need to be &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Fact Sheet: Supplemental Social Security Income</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Revised for 2012, this fact sheet describes the program, who receives it, and why it is important. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Policy Issue Brief: Does the Social Security COLA Need to be Changed?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/policy-issue-brief-does-the-social-security-cola-need-to-be-changed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(7/24/12) As policymakers debate changing the cost of living adjustment, NSCLC recommends a switch to the CPI-E as the basis for calculating the COLA for Social Security, veterans and other federal benefits. Read the brief.]]></description>
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		<title>Comments: Proposed USDA Guidance on Language Access</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 17:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Income Disparities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(5/2/12) NSCLC and the Asian &#38; Pacific Islander American Health Forum developed model comments commending the USDA for its efforts and proposing recommendations to implement the guidance on its plan to provide meaningful access to language assistance services for individuals with &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/comments-proposed-usda-guidance-on-language-access/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Clark v Astrue Court Order Restoring Benefits</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/clark-v-astrue-court-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NSCLC Helps</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/clark-v-astrue-court-order/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NSCLC Supports Rebuild America Act</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/nsclc-supports-rebuild-america-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NanOak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supplemental Security Income]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a letter to Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), chair of the Committee on Health, Education , Labor and Pensions, NSCLC strongly endorsed the Rebuild America Act.  NSCLC praised the Act’s inclusion of a provision that ensures that beneficiaries who receive &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.nsclc.org/index.php/nsclc-supports-rebuild-america-act/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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