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17 May, 2012
Today May 17, 2012, consumer advocates filed comments on New York State's amended proposal for a Fully Integrated Dual Eligible (FIDA) plan. The comments filed by Medicare Rights Center, the Center for Disability Rights, Center for Independence of the Disabled NY, Community Services Society...
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30 Apr, 2012
Three disabled Medicaid recipients have filed a class action in federal court in Manhattan this week to stop reductions in the personal care services that allow them to continue to live at home. The individuals affected are among the most disabled Medicaid recipients, who all require care at home...
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23 Apr, 2012
New York State has now made it clear that spousal impoverishment protections will be available to applicants and recipients in not just the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) wavier program, also known as Lombardi, but in the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Nursing Home Transition and...
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05 Apr, 2012
This year’s New York State 2012 Medicaid and health budget included a number of important advances for low-income consumers, and two notable disappointments. The following list summarizes the issues of particular import to the Empire Justice Center.
First, the disappointments in the...
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05 Apr, 2012
The 2012 NYS Budget restored significant parts of the EPIC program that were cut in the 2011 Budget. Last year's EPIC cuts went into effect January 1, 2012 and have been devastating to many lower income seniors. See this article. The State Legislature heard these stories...
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Holocaust or Nazi Victim Reparations -- Effect on Medicaid, SSI and other Federally Funded and New York State Benefits
Under a 1994 law, (h.r. 1873 or public law 103-286), Holocaust compensation payments made to individuals based on their status as victims of Nazi...
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Medicaid Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) in New York State
The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) is a statewide Medicaid program that provides an alternative way of...
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Transfer of Asset Rules in Medicaid -- The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
On February 8, 2006, former President Bush signed into law the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA). Among other things, this Federal law made...
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Nursing Home Medicaid Coverage - Basic Financial Eligibility Rules about Income, Resources, and Spousal Protections
Medicaid rules are different for people living in the "community" than people living in institutions. For this article, the word...
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Medicaid Transportation in NYS
NEW Medicaid Transportation System Rolls Out in NYC - May 2012
Beginning May 1, 2012, NYC has a new system for providing non-emergency...
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