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Kaiser Health News Long Term Care Ombudsmen Face Challenges to Independence (1-27-2013) NSCLC Directing Attorney Eric Carlson says that ombudsman programs outside of state governments are less subject to political pressure
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Corazon, 72, came close to losing her adult day health care benefits because of a problem with managed care related to needed heart surgery…. Read More.
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Category Archives: Income Disparities
GLAD Report on DOMA Urges Same Sex Couples to Apply for Social Security Now
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?
Comments: Proposed USDA Guidance on Language Access
(5/2/12) NSCLC and the Asian & 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 … Continue reading
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Comments: Developing a Supplemental Poverty Measure
Letter in support of using the Elder Economic Security Standard. Read the letter.
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Letter to SSA Comm. re: LEP Services
Letter on behalf of N-LAAN to express concern over the continuing decline in emphasis on service to SSA’s limited English proficient (LEP) clients.
