September 2015

9/30/15

Medicare Savings Programs (MSP) in New York Feds Recommend Overhaul Of Student Loan Servicing TalkPoverty.org: Instead of Shaming the Poor, Let’s Raise the Minimum Wage Academic highlight: Retroactivity of decisions setting new Eighth Amendment proportionality standards

9/29/15

Cutting the Poverty Rate with Civil Legal Aid 2016 Part D and Medicare Advantage plan landscape information As Banks Retreat, Private Equity Rushes to Buy Troubled Home Mortgages GAO Report – Medicare Advantage: Actions Needed to Enhance CMS Oversight of Provider Network Adequacy Regulators Take Action Against Fifth Third Bank For Auto-Lending Discrimination, Illegal Credit …

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9/28/15

New Job Openings Posted Article: Big banks abusing 2012 settlement deal States Attack the Pay Gap Between Women and Men Elizabeth Fink, lawyer who helped Attica inmates win settlement, dies at 70 Medicaid Alerts & Other Protocols published by the NYC HRA Medical Insurance and Community Services Administration (MICSA) Mortgage Lending Continues under Dodd-Frank: Borrowers …

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9/25/15

Supreme Court Petitions to watch | Conference of September 28 Insurance Loopholes & Master Pricing: How Surprise Medical Bills Knock Consumers Down CBPP: FCC Broadband Initiative Could Reduce Barriers to Low-Income Americans’ Advancement and Promote Opportunity

9/24/15

Education Gap Between Rich and Poor Is Growing Wider Heitkamp Private Student Loan Refinancing Bill Will Provide Relief for Borrowers Health and Social Service Needs of US-Citizen Children with Detained or Deported Immigrant Parents Center for Public Integrity: 11 things we learned investigating how the government sells mortgages to investors Spousal Impoverishment Protections for Married …

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9/23/15

CBPP: Borrowing Won’t Solve Disability Insurance Shortfall CFPB Monthly Complaint Snapshot Spotlights Mortgage Complaints Income and Resource Limits for New York State Public Health Insurance Programs 2014 HMDA Data Show That Federal Rules Did Not Have A Chilling Effect On Lending, Despite Lender Predictions

9/22/15

New Job Opening Posted Can Health Insurance Co-ops Survive? As the 2015 Term opens: The Court’s unusual Eighth Amendment focus “FIDA (Fully-Integrated Dual Advantage)” – Managed Care Expansion for Dual Eligibles in NYC Metro Area – Delayed Until Jan. 2015

9/21/15

Census Data Show Historic Coverage Gains in 2014 Gay Parents Face Issues With Birth Certificates In Some States Suit Alleges ‘Scheme’ in Criminal Costs Borne by New Orleans’s Poor The stunning — and expanding — gap in life expectancy between the rich and the poor KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Managed Long Term Care and FIDA – …

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