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How the Federal Fair Housing Act Protects Older Adults

Many older adults are protected from housing discrimination through the federal Fair Housing Act (FHA)'s disability protections.

What to Do If You Lose Your Medicare Advantage Plan

If your Medicare Advantage plan is terminated or leaves your area, you'll revert to Original Medicare, but you must act to keep drug coverage. Learn deadlines, options, and how to get free help.

Proposed Rule Threatens Housing Assistance for Older Adults

A proposed rule announced earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would introduce, for the first time on a broad scale, work requirements and time limits across the country's major rental assistance programs.

Can Medicare Deny Coverage Based on Lack of Improvement?

Medicare law says that services are covered if they are reasonable and necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or injury -- language that does not turn solely on whether someone will get better.