Advocacy
Testimony: FY 26 Preliminary Budget for Older New Yorkers
NYLAG submitted testimony to the New York City Council's Committee on Aging about the FY 26 preliminary budget.
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Advocacy
Testimony: Preserve the Status Quo for Home Care Eligibility
NYLAG's Valerie Bogart submits a memorandum supporting the repeal of discriminatory restrictions on Medicaid home care eligibility.
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Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program
EFLRP Submits Comments on Medicare and Medicaid Regulation Proposals
Rebecca Wallach, Director of NYLAG’s Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program (EFLRP), and Valerie Bogart, Of Counsel, recently submitted two sets of comments on proposed federal ...
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Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program
Public News Service: NY Expands Access to Medicare Savings Programs
NYLAG's Valerie Bogart spoke to Public News Service about Medicare Savings Programs expansions for older adults in New York, advocating for immigrants to receive healthcare ...
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Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program
Advocates fear the New York Independent Assessor Medicaid program will lead to denials, delays
NYLAG’s Rebecca Wallach spoke with Crain’s Health Pulse about the New York Independent Assessor Medicaid Program and the problems that could lead to confusion, delays ...
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Health Care
Mount Sinai and Healthfirst launch program to help patients know when they need an attorney.
"Legal issues should never stand in the way of health.” Developed in collaboration with NYLAG, Mount Sinai launched a medical-legal program to proactively identify and ...
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Health Care
NYLAG’s LegalHealth Division Partners with Mount Sinai to Launch a Medical-Legal Program to Address Health-Harming Legal Needs Among Patients
"Legal issues should never stand in the way of health.” Developed in collaboration with NYLAG, Mount Sinai launched a medical-legal program to proactively identify and ...
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Advocacy
NYLAG Submits Testimony on Medicaid and Other Health Issues in the Annual NYS Budget
NYLAG's Valerie Bogart submits testimony urging for an overhaul in Medicaid and other public health issues.
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Advance Planning
New Free NY COVID-19 Legal Resource Hotline Helps NYC Residents
NYLAG launches a legal resources hotline to help New York City residents impacted by COVID-19 (coronavirus) receive answers to their legal questions.
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Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program
Medicaid Cuts Will Harm Trauma Survivors, Cancer Survivors, Grandparents, & Kids (Meet Them)
These are the stories of real people and NYLAG clients who will be harmed by proposed Medicaid cuts.
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