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DESCRIPTION:Managed Care, Olmstead and You\n\nA Conference on Protecting In-Home 
 Services \nas Low-Income Seniors and People with Disabilities \nare Forced 
 onto Managed Care\n\nFriday, May 11, 2-7 PM\nOsher Rooms\nEd Roberts 
 Campus\n3075 Adeline St., Berkeley\n(Same building as Ashby BART)\n\nUnder 
 pressure from state budget shortfalls and the Obama Health Plan, the State 
 of California is rushing headlong into a cost-saving experiment of forcing 
 low-income seniors and people with disabilities on both Medicare and 
 Medi-Cal into Managed Care. Seniors and people with disabilities would be 
 put under private insurance companies or county agencies that have little 
 experience with these people, and have strong incentives to save money, 
 with little accountability built in. \n\nWorse yet, these private insurance 
 companies and county agencies would also manage the in-home services that 
 enable frail seniors and people with disabilities to stay at home and not 
 be put into institutions.  This could endanger implementation of the 
 Supreme Court’s 1999 Olmstead Decision, which ruled that the Americans 
 with Disabilities Act prohibits the unnecessary institutionalization of 
 persons with disabilities.\n\nThis conference will discuss protecting these 
 programs, such as IHSS (In-Home Supportive Services), LTSS (Long-Term 
 Services and Support), HCBS (Home and Community-Based Services), and 
 more.\n\nAdvance registration required: email projectolmstead@gmail.com\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/06/18713049.php
SUMMARY:Managed Care, Olmstead and You
LOCATION:Osher Rooms\nEd Roberts Campus\n3075 Adeline St., Berkeley\n(Same building 
 as Ashby BART)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/06/18713049.php
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