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2023-03-27 Spotlight: Centene Corp’s Annual Financial Report Indicates That Poverty is Profitable for Investors

Courtesy of our colleagues from Tallgrass Economics (Economics, Finance & Politics of Aging) March 23, 2023, By David Kingsley The Biggest Player in Poverty Medicine Had a Banner Year in 2022 Among all U.S. corporations, Centene Corporation is ranked 20th in revenue. It is also a major player in the Medicaid Managed Care business. The […]

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Disabled and Elderly Jurors Nondiscrimination Act

March 17, 2023. This legislation, sponsored in the U.S. Senate by Senator Edward Markey, has been endorsed by 21 members of DignityMA. The bill has not yet been assigned a number. Stay tuned. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disabled and Elderly Jurors Non-discrimination Act’’. SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM FEDERAL […]

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2023-03-20 Spotlight: Everyone in a nursing home deserves a single room

The government should require that owners give residents private space — or it should take over the facilities and replace them with small homes. [Editor’s note: Margaret Morganroth Gullette, resident scholar in the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, is the author of “Ending Ageism, or How Not to Shoot Old People.” Her forthcoming […]

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2023-03-13 Spotlight on Nursing Home Administrator Hours

LTCCC Alert: Nursing Home Administrator Hours Down 20% Since Pandemic Long Term Care Community Coalition March 9, 2023 Editor’s note: This communication and referenced report is courtesy of  our colleagues  from the Long Term Care Community Coalition in New York. We are grateful for their research and willingness to share.] Greetings, I am writing to […]

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PCA Rally for Increased Wages

On March 1, PCA from 1199 SEIU union, consumers, advocates and legislators gathered at the union headquarters. After reminding everyone why it is so important for PCAs to earn more money, everyone marched to the new sculpture on Boston Common, the Embrace. Following that, the protest moved to the governor’s office at the State House. […]

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This is outrageous re: Nursing Home Closures

‘This is outrageous’: Advocates urge state to take control of four nursing homes slated to close Paul Lanzikos, on behalf of DignityMA has written a letter to the Attorney General, and a letter to the Department of Public Health detailing concerns and recommendations on the closures of the four nursing homes in Western Massachusetts. Boston […]

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Letter to DPH re: Nursing Home Closures

Paul Lanzikos, on behalf of DignityMA, has sent the following letter to the Department of Public Health regarding the closure of four nursing homes in western Massachusetts. A letter was also sent to the Attorney General. The Boston Globe reported on the story on March 9. Download the nursing home closures letter to the DPH […]

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Letter to AG re: Nursing Home Closures

Paul Lanzikos, on behalf of DignityMA, has sent the following letter to the Attorney General on March 8, 2023, regarding the closure of four nursing homes in western Massachusetts. A letter was also sent to the Department of Public Health. The Boston Globe reported on the story on March 9. Download the nursing home closures […]

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2023-03-06 Spotlight on Judy Heumann

Judy Heumann, Who Led the Fight for Disability Rights, Dies at 75 New York Times (free access), March 5, 2023 She successfully battled to become a teacher and went on to help bring about a revolution in the government’s treatment of the disabled. Judy Heumann, who spent decades attacking a political establishment indifferent to the […]

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2023-02-26 Spotlight on Nursing Home Closures in Western MA

‘It’s flooding an already completely congested market.’ Nursing home closures in Western Mass. leave families and hospitals scrambling. Boston Globe, February 26, 2023, by Kay Lazar The abrupt announcement that four nursing homes in Western Massachusetts will be closing this spring has forced hundreds of people to scramble to find alternative facilities for their fragile […]