Medicaid

NAELA Comments on the Home and Community-Based Services Access Act

On April 26, 2021, in a letter to Senators Brown, Casey, Hassan, and Representative Dingell, the National Academy of Elder…

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Medicare vs. Medicaid

Video from Pixorize describing Medicare and Medicaid as two different healthcare programs with different functions and beneficiaries.

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Medicaid Estate Recovery in Massachusetts: Kendall Case

The Massachusetts Supreme Court recently limited Medicaid estate recovery claims to three years as discussed in the following video:

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10 Things to Know about Medicaid: Setting the Facts Straight

The Kaiser Family Foundation published a fact sheet indicating that Medicaid spending is concentrated on the elderly and individuals with…

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Advocacy Groups Call for End to Medicaid Estate Recovery

In April, 2021, Justice in Aging, the Western Center on Law & Poverty, the National Academy of Elder law Attorneys…

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Why do States try to cut Medicaid benefits instead of expanding them?

In 2012, PBS interviewed Phil Galewitz of Kaiser Health News. At that time, he said Medicaid consumes 10% of the…

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Alexander v. Choate, 469 U.S. 287 (1985)

In Alexander v. Choate, 469 U.S. 287 (1985), the State of Tennessee reduced from 20 to 14 the number of…

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Medicaid Legal Resources

42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/chapter-7/subchapter-XIX 42 U.S.C. § 1396p https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1396p 42 U.S.C. § 1396r-5 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1396r-5 42 C.F.R. Part…

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Covid 19 law sparks dialogue on nursing home alternatives

"With the memory of the pandemic’s toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief law is offering states a…

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What the Courts have said about the Medicaid Program

Medicaid, just one of the sets of rules applicable to most older adults, is one of the most complex laws…

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