NAELA Public Policy Positions

• Elder Justice  
• Guardianship
• Health Care Access 
• Health Care Decision Making 
• Legal Services 
• Long-Term Care 
• Managed Care 
• Medicaid 
• Medicare 
• Older Americans Act 
• Pensions 
• Social Security 
• Special Needs  
• Supplemental Social Security and Social Security Disability Insurance 
• Tort Reform 
• Wingspan Recommendations (Wingspan)
• All Issues (PDF)

NAELA's 113th Congress Public Policy Priorities (April 2013)
Curing Inequity in (d)(4)(A) Trusts
     NAELA - Inequity in(d)(4)(A) Trusts
     NAELA Eye on Elder and Special Needs Issues - Congress' Drafting Error Denies Individuals with Disabilities a Fundamental Right - April 5, 2013
Disabled Military Child Protection Act
     NAELA - The Disabled Military Child Protection Act (H.R. 4329 of the 112th Congress)
Reforming Observation Status
     NAELA - Observation Status fact sheet
     NAELA - Letter to Congress on “Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act” (S.569)
     LCAO - Letter to Senator and Representatives on Observation Status

Task Force Reports
In the Spring of 2008, NAELA's Public Policy Committee created a Medicare Task Force to review the use of Set-Aside Arrangements in settling personal injury cases where third-party liability for the payment of Medicare-covered medical expenses has been established. The Task Force was asked to explore the appropriateness of MSAs, including whether they are required by the Medicare Secondary Payer Program (MSP) as contained in the Medicare statute. The findings and recommendations of the Task Force are followed by a list of legal resources that provide background reference and information about the Medicare Second Payer Program. The Task Force's report was approved by NAELA's Board of Directors at the Fall Institute in San Diego in November 2010. Please click here to view the Public Policy Committee's letter to the Board as well as the final report. 

Brian W. Lindberg

Senior Associate, Grassroots and Public Policy
Sadia Sorathia

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