Policy Updates
This page provides links to information on the Older
Americans Act, Medicare, and Medicaid (Medical Assistance). More
information on policy advocates is available on the
policy links page.
Older Americans Act
The Older Americans Act was originally signed into law by President
Lyndon B. Johnson on July 14, 1965. In addition to creating the
Administration on Aging, it authorized grants to States for community
planning and services programs, as well as for research, demonstration
and training projects in the field of aging. Later amendments to the Act
added grants to Area Agencies on Aging for local needs identification,
planning, and funding of services, including but not limited to
nutrition programs in the community as well as for those who are
homebound; programs which serve Native American elders; services
targeted at low-income minority elders; health promotion and disease
prevention activities; in-home services for frail elders, and those
services which protect the rights of older persons such as the long term
care ombudsman program. (Source: Administration on
Aging)
Links related to the Older Americans Act:
Medicare
Medicare is a federally administered health insurance program for
people age 65 or older, people under age 65 with certain disabilities,
and people of all ages with End-Stage Renal Disease. Medicare consists
of four basic parts: A (hospital insurance), B (medical insurance), C
(managed care), and D (prescription drug benefit).
(Source: Medicare.gov)
Medicaid
Medicaid is a state administered health insurance program for
low-income individuals and families. In Minnesota Medicaid is known as
"Medical Assistance" or "MA."
Updated
04/05/2007
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