A letter was sent to members of Congress yesterday from 164 national organizations, including NASW, asking that Medicaid be excluded from potential budget cuts, currently under consideration in the fiscal cliff negotiations. The signers also argued against proposals...
Month: December 2012
NASW joins more than 160 Groups in asking Congress to protect Medicaid
A letter was sent to members of Congress yesterday from 164 national organizations, including NASW, asking that Medicaid be excluded from potential budget cuts, currently under consideration in the fiscal cliff negotiations. The signers also argued against proposals...
Manoleas receives the 2012 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award
NASW member Peter Manoleas received the 2012 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award from the California Wellness Foundation, and was interviewed by the foundation. The award recognizes people who have demonstrated a commitment to increasing California’s...
Human Rights and the Judiciary
The elections are over, and it’s time to examine how these results will affect the judiciary branch of government: U.S. Supreme Court The lower courts (such as the Appeals Courts) Special Courts (such as U.S. Tax Courts) Court Support Organizations (such as the U.S....
NASW Remembers Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Senator Daniel K. Inouye died Monday, December 17, 2012, and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) fondly remembers him as the first Japanese American elected to Congress, the first Congressman representing Hawaii, the second longest serving Senator in...
CMS & Advocates Reach Proposed Settlement Agreement to Eliminate “Improvement Standard”
Medicare Will Cover Skilled Nursing & Therapies Needed to Maintain a Beneficiary’s Condition December 10, 2012 What is the issue? A class-action lawsuit filed in early 2011 on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries (Jimmo v. Sebelius) challenged the common practice of...
Welfare reform has negative impact for the extremely poor
New research shows that the 1996 federal welfare reform, while bringing some improvements to the nation’s poor, has made extremely poor people in America worse off, according to an article on phys.org. NASW member Marci Ybarra, assistant professor at the School of...
Ask your Senator to Vote for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with No Amendments
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was drafted and adopted by the United Nations in 2006 to assist with the attainment of human rights and equality worldwide. Using the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as a guide, the CRPD provides a...