Weak federal oversight endangers health and safety of assisted living residents
GAO report shines a long-overdue light on Medicaid-funded assisted living. Federal funding of assisted living is large and growing, but
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Senior Lobby Updates
ALTSA – MILLIMAN- LTSS FEASIBILITY STUDY OF POLICY OPTIONS FOR LONG TERM SERVICES AND CARE
Why support the Long-Term Care Trust Act? At some point, most of us will need some extra assistance as we
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Why Your Pharmacist Can’t Tell You That $20 Prescription Could Cost Only $8
As consumers face rapidly rising drug costs, states across the country are moving to block “gag clauses” that prohibit pharmacists
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Here Are the Places That Struggle to Meet the Rules on Safe Drinking Water
To ensure that tap water in the United States is safe to drink, the federal government has been steadily tightening
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Care Suffers as More Nursing Homes Feed Money Into Corporate Webs
Allenbrooke Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Memphis is part of a chain of businesses that produced $145 million in revenue
Read MorePopulation of Americans with Alzheimer’s will more than double by 2060, UCLA study shows
About 15 million Americans will have either Alzheimer’s dementia or mild cognitive impairment by 2060, up from approximately 6.08 million
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Gov Inslee Urges State Congressional Delegation to Reject GOP Tax Plan
Governor Inslee sent a letter November 14, 2017 to the Washington State congressional delegation urging them to reject the Republication
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