Medicare Open Enrollment Gives People with Disabilities More Choice

By Vicki Gottlich, Director of the Center for Policy and Evaluation, Administration for Community Living

Medicare Open Enrollment season is a time when Medicare beneficiaries can review their policies to make sure their medical care—fee-for-service or managed care—and their pharmacy plans are meeting their needs. While much media attention is given to urging adults over the age of 65 to review their Medicare options, many people overlook the fact that Medicare also covers millions of younger people with disabilities. All Medicare click here to read more

Originally posted on the Administration for Community Living BLOG

In this blog, we feature a conversation about voting rights for people with disabilities between Commissioner Aaron Bishop, of the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD), and Melvenia Wright, a program specialist with the Administration for Community Living (ACL) who manages grants related to the Help American Vote Act (HAVA).

Commissioner Bishop: Melvenia, I thought I’d check in with you as Election Day is here again. Voting is one of the founding principles of democracy, but research shows that over click here to read more