Special Needs NewsletterDecember 2020 Courtesy of |
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President-Elect Biden’s Promises to People with Disabilities Are NumerousPresident-elect Joe Biden has made more promises to the disability community than perhaps any incoming president in U.S. history, raising the hopes of advocates. |
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Strategies for Bridging SSDI’s Medicare Waiting PeriodAn added benefit to SSDI is health insurance coverage through Medicare. But there is a precarious two-year gap between receiving approval for disability benefits and becoming eligible for Medicare’s insurance coverage. |
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Will People with Disabilities Have Priority for a COVID-19 Vaccine?As we move closer to the approval of one or more COVID-19 vaccines, questions continue about whether the vaccines will be allocated in a way that does not discriminate against people with disabilities. |
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Justices Skeptical of Arguments to Overturn Health Care Law, Which Protects People with DisabilitiesThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments November 10 in a case weighing the elimination of the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), with potentially dire implications for the civil rights of people with disabilities. |
