Disabled Program News Today

Part II continues to focus on New Jersey statutes that impact health care and have been approved by the New Jersey Legislature and Governor including a new statute that regulates pharmacy benefit managers.

With budget negotiations between House Republicans and the Biden administration at a standstill, Medicaid work requirements are taking center stage. Policymakers of all stripes would do well to remember recent history, including the president himself, who supported work requirements as a senator during the Clinton entitlement reforms debate in the 1990s.

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KNBN NewsCenter1 March 8, 2021 PIERRE, S.D. – Elderly and disabled South Dakotans have until April 1, 2021 to apply for property tax relief under South Dakota’s Assessment Freeze for the Elderly and Disabled Program. Under the program, a qualifying homeowner’s property assessment is prevented from increasing for tax purposes. If the actual value of the home increases, the homeowner still pays property taxes on the lower value. To be eligible for the Assessment Freeze for the Elderly and D...

Morris County issued 426 emergency kits, each containing four shelf-stable meals and a first aid kit, to seniors and adults with disabilities in a two-week outreach effort. The effort began on Nov. 23, when 305 emergency preparedness starter kits were handed out during a special event at the Morris County Library targeting people with disabilities and seniors age 60 and older. An additional 121 kits were subsequently delivered over the past two weeks to homebound residents in partnership with t...