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Legislative Conference Call: Federal Issues Update
Join us for the Federal Issues Update on May 17, 2019 Dial in Number: 605-475-6333; Access Code: 6258645# Document: CHALLENGES TO THE FUTURE OF MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICAID AND AGING SERVICES
Report on the Final State Budget
NEW! HOT OFF THE PRESS! Update on issues that impact older residents in the State Budget April 4, 2019 Report on the final state budget
State Budget
- Read Gail Myers Testimony – Aging Committee Hearing Nov 18, 2018
- Read StateWide’s Budget Testimony for the Governor’s Proposed 2017-2018 budget.
- Review StateWide’s Analysis of the NYS Office for Aging Budget – Proposed Aging Budget chart
Federal Issues Highlighted
Oct 2018 – 2019 SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGES Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA)
April 2017 – What’s at stake for older residents in the repeal of the Affordable Care Act? What’s the future of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid?
Time to Get on the Bus for Guaranteed Healthcare.
The NY State Senate and Assembly will be holding the first joint hearing on Tues. May 28th in Albany on the New York Health Act [A5248/S3577] -- legislation for universal, guaranteed healthcare! We need a strong grassroots showing -- sign up now to join us in...
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Join us for the Federal Issues Update on May 17, 2019 Dial in Number: 605-475-6333; Access Code: 6258645# Document: CHALLENGES TO THE FUTURE OF MEDICARE, SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICAID AND AGING SERVICES
read morePatients of Medicare Providers Committing Fraud, Abuse More Likely To Be Poor, Disabled
Beneficiaries were treated by Medicare providers committing fraud and abuse and later banned from receiving Medicare reimbursements 7-May-2019 10:50 AM Newswise — A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analyzed providers excluded from...
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