Welcome to the Health Care Practice Area section. Here you will find information about a variety of health care programs for low income, elderly and disabled people. The most extensive information is about the Massachusetts Medicaid program (MassHealth) including fair hearing decisions, court decisions, practice memos, advocacy alerts and links to useful websites. If you want information about SSI/ SSDI, check the Disability section; for Medicare issues, check the Elder section.
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This technical assistance publication provides guidance for medical care providers on the requirements of the ADA in medical settings with respect to people with mobility disabilities, which include, Read More
The Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee's DYS Project has released the on-line version of the Third Edition of "Just for Youth: Advocating for Youth in the Massachusetts Department of Youth Servi Read More
Preliminary Analysis of Selected Housing, Homelessness, Cash Assistance, Health, Child Welfare, Elder and Child Care items in the Senate Ways and Means FY2011 proposed budget. Read More