This bill will allow spouses to be authorized to serve as paid caregivers in the MassHealth program for the provision of certain home-based care and services just as other relatives are already permitted to serve as paid caregivers.

Estate recovery is the practice of MassHealth recouping the cost of medical services from the deceased enrollee's family. While mandated by federal law, estate recovery is made even more aggressive by requirements under Massachusetts law. It can result in the sale of the family home, causing excessive financial burden and perpetuating poverty, especially among communities of color and people with disabilities.

CODA formed in the spring of 2013 or 2014. Read on for a history of CODA and how DPC came to play a vital role in organizing and leading calls.

Disability Law Center is looking for volunteers to conduct a polling place accessibility survey!

We are excited to announce the upcoming 3rd Listening Session in the Northeast region, scheduled to take place at the Lawrence Public Library on Thursday, March 28th, from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

We're glad to be fighting side by side with our friends at BCIL to block these damaging PCA cuts.

State Representatives are currently working on the House's version of the budget for the next year, and the Senate will start soon. We have to tell them what funding our communities need!

Spring is coming, and along with the budding plants and warming temperatures this season usually brings hope. Certainly our community has a great deal to hope for, including on the national level and here in Massachusetts.

A new study revealed that there was a substantial increase in adverse events occurring while patients were hospitalized, such as falls and infections, at private equity-owned hospitals.

Community Catalyst’s Center for Community Engagement in Health Innovation partnered with the Disability Policy Consortium to publish two issue briefs focused on ensuring an equity-centered model of care for individuals that are dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.

State Representatives are currently working on the House's version of the budget for the next year, and the Senate will start soon. We have to tell them what funding our communities need! Use our web form to easily send a letter to your legislators encouraging them to support critical disability programs.

This 30-minute webinar, Who’s Monitoring Medicaid Assisted Living?—A Brief Overview, will explain the current regulatory structure and its limitations, with a focus on how the system might be changed for the better.

Today, while this fight is by no means won, we have made significant progress. There is still significant opposition to the idea of doing anything to stop discrimination against our community in this sector, but we have begun to move from arguing about whether we should address the way these metrics devalue disabled life to how we should address it, and that is exciting.

Join us for the 17th Annual Film Festival at GBH Studios in Boston, back in person! This year, we are offering a variety of sessions, with screenings of feature-length and short films, as well as panel discussions with filmmakers, human services professionals, and individuals with lived experience. We have also added an evening reception where festival guests can mix and mingle!

In partnership with the Urban Institute’s Disability Equity Policy Initiative, we invite you to join a discussion on the need for an accurate count of disabled people in the US and the policy implications of proposed changes.

The MBTA is making plans to implement a low-income fares program that would cut the MBTA’s RIDE paratransit fare prices by 50%. However, RIDE Premium fares will stay the same. There are a number of things you can do to help ensure the low-income fares program is expanded further.