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Right here’s what we’re watching in Washington:
CMS Takes New Steps to Confirm Citizenship and Immigration Standing for Medicaid Enrollees
On Tuesday, the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Companies (CMS) introduced it has begun sending month-to-month enrollment experiences to states, figuring out people whose citizenship or immigration standing couldn’t be confirmed by federal databases, together with the Division of Homeland Safety’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program.
All states ought to obtain a report over the subsequent month. States are anticipated to assessment the experiences and confirm the citizenship or immigration standing of recognized people, request extra documentation if wanted, and take acceptable actions when vital, together with adjusting protection or implementing eligibility guidelines. Justice in Getting older might be monitoring this improvement and updating our community.
In a separate however associated challenge, the U.S. District Courtroom for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) from utilizing Medicaid information for immigration enforcement within the 20 states that sued over the info sharing.
Consequently, DHS might not use the Medicaid information it has already obtained from the plaintiff states, and CMS is prohibited from sharing information with DHS from these plaintiff states till the litigation is over or 14 days after a reasoned decision-making course of.
Watch Justice in Getting older’s webinar recording for different coverage developments impacting older immigrants.
CBO Report Confirms Price range Reconciliation Act Advantages Wealthiest, Cuts Assist for Poorest
The Congressional Price range Workplace’s (CBO) newest evaluation of the Price range Reconciliation Act of 2025 (H.R. 1), signed into regulation on July 4, 2025, confirms that the wealthiest Individuals will see revenue features whereas individuals with the fewest sources will face deep cuts.
Over the subsequent decade, households within the high 10% are projected to see their incomes rise by almost 2.7%, whereas households within the backside 10% will expertise a 3.1% decline – pushed largely by cuts to Medicaid and meals help.
By 2034, it’s estimated that about 4 million individuals, together with older adults, could have their Supplemental Diet Help Program (SNAP) meals advantages terminated or lowered, and 10 million individuals will turn out to be uninsured, together with 7.5 million individuals who could have Medicaid protection taken away.
Get extra details about how H.R. 1 impacts older adults in Justice in Getting older’s overview of the regulation. For extra element on its results on well being and long-term care, see our new explainer and timeline and webinar recording.
HUD Declares Company Will Present Supplies in English Solely
Latest reporting signifies {that a} senior official on the Division of Housing and City Improvement (HUD) introduced internally that the company would cease offering multilingual supplies. This announcement comes after the Trump Administration issued an govt order (EO 14224) designating English because the nation’s official language, in addition to a Division of Justice (DOJ) memo rescinding DOJ’s language entry steering for recipients of DOJ monetary help.
HUD has not but rescinded its language entry steering for recipients of HUD funding. Recipients of HUD funding – reminiscent of Public Housing Authorities (PHAs), HUD-assisted property house owners, and HUD-funded homeless service suppliers – nonetheless have language entry obligations beneath federal and state civil rights legal guidelines. These obligations usually embody offering oral interpretation and written translation providers for individuals with restricted English proficiency (LEP).
Justice in Getting older will proceed to observe federal businesses’ implementation of EO 14224 to make sure that older adults with LEP usually are not discriminated in opposition to in accessing providers.
Learn our full assertion on EO 14224.
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