New Medicaid Law
On February 8, 2006, President Bush signed
the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA). This law, among other things, makes drastic
changes to the long-term care Medicaid Transfer of Assets rules.
Click here to
read a basic overview of the DRA written by Families USA.
For a more thorough review of the new law, click here for the National
Health Law Program's publication.
The DRA also requires states to demand that
its Medicaid recipients and applicants who are U.S. citizens provide documentation that
they are in fact citizens. Click here for
the final Medicaid - Proof of Citizenship Fact Sheet from the federal
government. Among other things, this interim final regulation states that all
persons who are Medicare beneficiaries are exempt from this new requirement.
White
House Conference on Aging
From December 11 - 14, 2005 in Washington,
DC, the fifth WHCoA in history was held. The purpose was to make recommendations to
the President and Congress to help guide national aging policies for the next ten years
and beyond. Connecticut was represented by several individuals. Click here to visit the web site to view
the resolutions passed and other reports.
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