Improving Automated Medicaid Eligibility Systems: NCLEJ Comments on HHS Proposals

In response to an HHS proposal to add and change conditions and standards that states must meet to get enhanced federal funding to upgrade their automated Medicaid eligibility systems, NCLEJ has submitted extensive comments touching on issues related…

NCLEJ and LS-NYC Provide Social Security Administration Extensive Comments on Conducting an Agency Self-Evaluation under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

NCLEJ and Advocacy Center of Louisiana Urge Major Improvements in FEMA’s Draft Disaster Temporary Housing Operational Guide to Address Needs of Individuals with Disabilities

NCLEJ Urges Strengthening of Proposed Regulations to Increase Public Participation in the Review of Medicaid Demonstration Projects

Health Reform Implementation: NCLEJ Comments to HHS on State Health Exchanges

NCLEJ’s comments address issues such as assuring that the exchanges and their services are accessible to individuals with low literacy, individuals with disabilities, limited English speakers, and lawfully present immigrants in mixed status families.  NCLEJ also recommends that…

The Closed Digital Door: State Public Benefits Agencies’ Failure to Make Websites Accessible to People with Disabilities and Usable for Everyone

State public benefits agencies increasingly rely on their website as a means of providing information to the public, and as a means of applying for Medicaid, Food Stamps, and cash assistance. Cary LaCheen’s new report, discussing the findings…

NCLEJ Report on Barriers Childless Adults Face in Accessing Public Health Insurance

Childless Adults: Barriers to Enrollment in Public Health Insurance (pdf) is a qualitative study of uninsured New Yorkers who are eligible for public coverage but are not enrolled. Beyond its groundbreaking work exploring the specific barriers faced by…

Improving Remote Communication Between Public Benefits Agencies and Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals

by Cary LaCheen, Clearinghouse Review (Jan-Feb 2010)

Issue Brief on New York Medicaid Spenddown Excess Income Program