IHSS Consumers Union: MOU Concerns and Recommendations & NSCLC May 7 Webinar: Understanding The CCI
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FAR AND WIDE. Some lives may depend on us standing up for those who are medically frail and may, without understanding, be unwittingly defaulted into managed care systems that may not be equipped to care for them adequately. Knowledge is power and it is our duty as advocates to make sure that Seniors and People … Read more
KHN: Advocates Head To Court To Overturn Medicare Rules For Observation Care
By Susan Jaffe MAY 03, 2013 This KHN story was produced in collaboration with After Lois Frarie, a 93-year-old retired teacher from Monterey, Calif., spent four days at a local hospital while being treated for a broken elbow and pelvis, she went to a nearby nursing home to build up her strength. But her family was stunned … Read more
Coalition on Human Needs: The Impact of Sequestration 4/10-4/17
These are some of the cuts we’ve learned about this past week: Unemployed workers will recieve 12.8% less compensation in Massachusetts, program for the blind and visually impaired lays off almost half of staff in Ohio, senior center to close in Virginia, Head Start to end program 3.5 weeks early for over 250 children in … Read more
The Miami Herald: APNewsBreak: Upper-income seniors’ Medicare hike
BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration revealed Friday. First details of the plan emerged after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified … Read more
California Healthline: Advocates Push for Expansion Compromise
by David Gorn The Legislature last week moved two key components of the special session bills on health care reform. SBX1-2 by Sen. Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina) and ABX1-2 by Assembly member Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) passed through committees of the opposite house. Bothbills make changes to the individual health insurance market. The Assembly Committee on … Read more
California Healthline: Lawmakers, Advocates Criticize Obama’s Budget Plan Over Health Cuts
Lawmakers and advocacy groups are criticizing the early details of President Obama’s fiscal year 2014 budget proposal, after news reports indicated that the proposal will include $400 billion in spending reductions from health care programs, the Wall Street Journal reports. The proposal is expected to be released on Wednesday (Hook/McCain Nelson, Wall Street Journal, 4/5). About Obama’s Proposal … Read more
Alzheimer’s Association: Action Alert! Alzheimer’s Tax Check-off Extension Scheduled for Hearing
From our colleagues at the Alzheimer’s Association: AB 394 (Yamada and Grove) – which would extend the state income tax check-off for the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Research Fund for five years – is scheduled to be heard by the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee on Monday, April 1st, 2013.The Alzheimer’s Association is sponsoring this … Read more
JFS: House and Senate Tackle Federal Budget with Vastly Different Approach
From our colleagues at Jewish Family Services: March 21, 2013 { BACKGROUND } House and Senate Tackle Federal Budget with Vastly Different Approach The House and Senate will vote this week on budget resolutions that offer starkly different approaches to federal spending and deficit reduction. The House resolution from Rep. Paul Ryan … Read more
The Hill: House passes bill to avert government shutdown in March
By Pete Kasperowicz - 03/06/13 02:03 PM ET The House on Wednesday approved legislation that would avert a government shutdown in a 267-151 vote, despite opposition from Democrats who complained that the measure locks in the $85 billion sequester. Fifty-three Democrats supported the bill, likely because it will help avoid a shutdown. Fourteen Republicans voted against … Read more
The Hill: GOP centrists balk at Ryan Medicare shift
By Molly K. Hooper - 03/05/13 05:00 AM E House Republican centrists are furious that GOP leaders are considering abandoning their pledge not to change Medicare retirement benefits for people 55 years and older. According to several sources, a handful of centrist GOP lawmakers attending a recent Tuesday Group luncheon erupted when Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan … Read more
