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Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Executive Budget Hearing on Human Services

Testimony before the Joint Legislative Committees on human services in the 2010-2011 ...

Empire Justice Center Testimony at the Executive Budget Hearing on Health

Testimony presented at the joint legislative hearing on the 2010 - 2011 Executive Bud...

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In Sickness and In Debt

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Medicaid Matters

Finding a Better Way: Ten consumer-friendly ideas to improve New York’s Medicaid prog...

NEWSLETTERS

January 2010 :

Empire Justice Center's bi-monthly newsletter for DAP Advocates Read More


UPCOMING EVENTS

Medicaid 101 - Health Care Programs for People with HIV

This training will provide case managers and other client advocates with basic inform...

Maximizing Health coverage for DAP clients - Before and After Winning the Case

Brief overview will include: recent changes to Medicaid, Family Health Plus and Child...

 

Medicare Savings Program Update
New York State Makes Changes to Improve Access to Low Income Beneficiaries
August 1, 2008
The Medicare Savings Program is more accessible than ever to low income elderly and disabled Medicare beneficiaries in New York State, thanks to two recent changes being implemented by the New York State Department of Health (DOH). Read More

Medicare Premiums to Increase in 2008
March 1, 2007
Medicare Part B - available to those over 65 or who have been eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits for twenty-four months - currently costs beneficiaries $93.50 per month. Read More

Settlement of Conrad v. Perales
December 1, 2006
While, the Conrad case mirrors the length and literary plot of a Dickensian novel, its origins lie in the 1980s when the New York State Department of Social Services (DSS) and the nursing home industry developed a joint funding plan called “MOP II”, the Medicare Optimization Program. Read More