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February 22, 2018
MIPPA gets two additional years of funding
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 passed on Feb. 9 extends for two years (at current levels of $37.5 million annually) funding for benefits outreach and enrollment of low-income Medicare beneficiaries into benefits originally
authorized under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA). The legislation also closes the Part D coverage gap (“donut hole”) one year earlier, in 2019, and repeals the Medicare payment cap for rehabilitation therapy services.
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See what MIPPA grantees are doing this year
Get the 2018 spousal impoverishment standards
Medicaid spousal impoverishment provisions allow for a certain amount of a couple's combined resources to be protected if one spouse is living in the community while another is institutionalized. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) has published the 2018 spousal impoverishment standards table for minimum and maximum monthly maintenance needs allowance, and community spouse monthly housing allowance.
Find the standards
Together, we’ve helped millions improve their economic security!
 NCOA
is inching closer toward our goal of improving the lives of 10 million older adults by 2020. In FY17, you helped us connect over half a million individuals to over $1 billion in benefits. Read our annual impact report to see how collectively we've made a difference
in the lives of seniors across the country.
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Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Basics, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. ET--This
webinar from Justice in Aging describes the SSI program, discusses the basic rules of eligibility and how benefits are calculated, and offers useful resources for obtaining additional information.
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