During the pandemic many states have experienced worsening direct care workforce shortages that have affected providers of home- and community-based long-term care services (HCBS), according to early findings of a new KFF survey of Medicaid HCBS programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
5/15/2021 In response to COVID-19, the federal government has expanded access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for college students. The federal government has also increased the amount of SNAP benefits those eligible can receive. Right now, because of the pandemic, everyone who qualifies for SNAP gets the maximum amount for their household size. SNAP helps families and individuals make sure they get the food they need. It can be used like cash to buy fruits, vegetables, cereal, bread, meat, fish, dairy products and more. SNAP is an entitlement program, which means that every single person eligible for the program will get benefits. However, to be eligible for SNAP, students must also meet additional SNAP rules and income eligibility criteria.
HOUSTON ‐ A 60-year-old Richmond man is now in custody on charges of making false statements in his scheme to defraud Medicare, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.
John Oliver mocks Republicans war on safe elder care without ever saying their names
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With the ongoing debate over President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan, Republican lawmakers have suddenly rediscovered their fiscal conservatism. They’re also praying America will forget both their massive free money giveaway to the one percent (meaning themselves and their donors), and that time they abetted a fascist, white supremacist coup against democracy, but it’s mainly about the deficit. Anyway, one of the element’s of President Biden’s bill that’s raised so much Republican wrath is the inclusion of funding for elder care as part of said bill, and, while John Oliver didn’t even mention the GOP once during his main story on Sunday’s
Why Medicare for All Must Be Part of the Green New Deal
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Workers evacuate from an explosion and fire at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin on April 26, 2018. Several people were injured by the explosion and fire at the oil refinery, sending thick plumes of black smoke into the sky as authorities urged residents in the area to evacuate.
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In 1991, Larry Barragan got word that the oil refinery in Long Beach, California where he was working would be closing. It was one of the scariest moments of his career. Barragan was nervous about losing his income, but even worse was the thought of losing his health insurance, especially because his wife was pregnant at the time.