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2019 Priorities

NAELA's public policy priorities for 2019.

Medicaid Section 1115 Waivers

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Veterans Pension Final Rule

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Welcome to NAELA Advocacy

NAELA provides its members’ subject-matter expertise to policymakers on issues confronting the elderly and persons with disabilities. Learn the latest from our Advocacy Update below. Questions? Contact NAELA Sr. Manager, Public Policy David Goldfarb.

Advocacy Updates

NAELA Celebrates Extension of Protections for Spouses of Individuals with Disabilities
4/3/2019  Press Release
NAELA celebrates congressional passage of an extension of the guarantee that Medicaid’s spousal impoverishment protections applies to home and community-based service (HCBS) waivers until September 30, 2019.
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NAELA Praises Reps. For Introducing Bills to Keep Individuals with Disabilities at Home
2/26/2019  Press Release
NAELA praises Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and Fred Upton (R-MI) for introducing yesterday two bills that help ensure that individuals with disabilities and frail seniors can receive care at home.
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Help Wanted: Stories on the Spousal Impoverishment Protections for HCBS
2/7/2019  Announcement
NAELA successfully advocated for a short-term extension of the guarantee that the Medicaid spousal impoverishment protections apply to home and community-based service waivers (HCBS).
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Victory in Congress
1/28/2019  Announcement
Last Friday, the President signed an extension of NAELA’s two top legislative priorities for the year.
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New Maine Governor Rejects 1115 Waiver
1/23/2019  Announcement
Yesterday, Maine's new Governor, Janet Mills, informed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that Maine would not move forward with its 1115 Medicaid waiver.
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Creator of Maine Waiver Moves from CMS to Florida
1/9/2019  Announcement
Mary Mayhew, former Maine Governor Paul Lepage's point person behind its harmful Section 1115 waiver, became head of Medicaid for the Trump Administration in October.
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