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Health Care Legal Advocacy for Vulnerable Older Adults

Resource type: Grants

Granted to National Health Law Program

Goal

To enhance its federal and state litigation and advocacy capacity on behalf of vulnerable older adults to both proactively improve access to quality health care benefits and new coverage opportunities available through the Affordable Care Act and defensively to protect current benefits, including fighting cuts to key services in Medicaid and Medicare.

Grant Amount

$1,000,000

Year Awarded

2010

Term

36 Months

Related Resources

Issues:

Health System Reform

Global Impact:

United States

Historical Programme Affiliations:

Ageing

Foundation Center Themes:

Health Insurance, Equal Access in Health

Foundation Center Approaches:

Strategic Litigation, Technical Assistance