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Let seniors vote on Social Security fixes – Herb Weiss
Next November, Let Seniors Vote on Social Security Fixes By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues The recently released 2024 Social Security and Medicare Trustees report shows an improved outlook for these programs. This year’s projections show that Social Security can pay its benefits and cover administrative costs now until 2035, one year longer than projected in…
Read MoreBipartisan support needed to re-establish House Aging Committee – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues It was almost like attending a 34th high school reunion. After over three decades, an on-line meeting on April 25th, would bring five former senior staffers of the House Select Committee on Aging (HSCoA) and House Rules Committee back together to provide firsthand accounts to Maia Leeds, legislative assistant for Josh…
Read MoreAdvocates, providers on new Nursing Home mandates – Herb Weiss
Advocates, Providers Talk Turkey About CMS’s New Nursing Home Mandate – Herb Weiss by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues In the shadow of Rhode Island’s ongoing staffing shortage, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its 329-page final rule on Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Standards (CMS 3442-F) on April 22 in…
Read MoreShortage of direct care professionals a local and national concern – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Last week, at the Senate Dirksen Building, Room SD-562, Chairman Bob Casey, of the U.S. Special Committee on Aging, (D-PA), showcased S. 4120, legislation that he introduced with U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). The Long-Term Care Workforce Support Act, introduced during the 118thCongress, would…
Read MoreThe legislative wish list of Rhode Island’s groups on aging – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues The Rhode Island General Assembly’s 2024 session kicked off on Jan. 2, 2024, scheduled to adjourn on June 30, 2024. According to LegiScan, over the last three months 2,164 bills have been thrown into the legislative hopper. “The state budget will likely be voted upon by the…
Read MoreRegulatory approval can make a belated Christmas miracle happen – Herb Weiss
Regulatory Agencies Approval Can Make Facility’s Belated Christmas Miracle Happen By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Photos – Linn Health A belated Christmas miracle may truly happen, if state and federal agencies allow the Linn Health & Rehabilitation to convert one of its floors into affordable assisted living specializing in memory and dementia…
Read MoreSenior Agenda Coalition of RI unveils legislative agenda to packed house of seniors – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Last Wednesday, the main ballroom at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick was filled, to capacity. Hundreds came to the Senior Agenda Coalition of RI’s (SACRI) 2024 Legislative Leaders Forum to learn about the advocacy group’s issue priorities. House and Senate leadership, along with members of both caucuses…
Read MoreMedicare Savings Program bill will be a win for low income seniors, and Rhode Island – Herb Weiss
Rhode Island may make 17,000 more residents eligible for Medicaid
Read MoreThe “Forgotten Middle” study of income inequity of Black and Hispanic seniors – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Millions of Black and Hispanic middle-income older adults will lack the financial resources to pay for senior housing and health care expenses as they age, warns a new report released by NORC at the University of Chicago, commissioned by the Long-Beach, California-based SCAN Foundation, an independent public…
Read MoreReport says nation not prepared to tackle senior housing crisis – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issue With the graying of America, the nation is unprepared to provide needed housing and care for millions of seniors, warns a recently released 40-page report by the Cambridge-based Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. The US population age 65 and over has skyrocketed 34% in the last…
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