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		<title>Act NOW to Protect Your Unemployment Insurance Benefit</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2012/02/protect-your-unemployment-insurance-benefit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again. Out-of-work Americans narrowly averted losing their unemployment insurance when Congress passed a two-month extension at the end of 2011. But that extension is set to expire at the end of this month, and House Republican leaders &#8230; <a href="http://www.udwa.org/2012/02/protect-your-unemployment-insurance-benefit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Women, families hurt most by recession, budget cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2012/02/women-families-hurt-most-by-recession-budget-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Healthy CA.org  Feb 3, 2012 By Kate Karpilow Every once in a while a report comes out that’s a game-changer, it makes you look at an issue in a different way . . . or at least it offers the &#8230; <a href="http://www.udwa.org/2012/02/women-families-hurt-most-by-recession-budget-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Health Care Services Releases Final Version of &#8220;Request for Solutions&#8221; for Medicare and Medicaid Dual Eligible Demonstration Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CDCAN DISABILITY RIGHTS REPORT  CALIFORNIA DISABILITY COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK #015-2012 - JANUARY 27, 2012 &#8211; FRIDAY NIGHT California Budget Crisis: *  Brown Administration Will Select Four Sites from Applicants Responding to &#8220;Request for Solutions&#8221; to Include In Demonstration Project Proposal to the Federal &#8230; <a href="http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/department-of-health-care-services-releases-final-version-of-request-for-solutions-for-medicare-and-medicaid-dual-eligible-demonstration-project/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cuts to Medicaid Programs Avoided Due to ADA Compliance Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published by PHI.org  January 26, 2012 Separate court proceedings in California and Louisiana last week upheld the right of elders and people with disabilities to receive care in their homes under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In California, federal &#8230; <a href="http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/cuts-to-medicaid-programs-avoided-due-to-ada-compliance-issues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle Against IHSS Budget Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Diego Entertainer Magazine Jacquelyne Yawn, January 25, 2012 Most of the California residents have felt the harsh impact of budget cuts in one way or another in the past few years. According to the Homecare Provider’s Union, last week &#8230; <a href="http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/the-battle-against-ihss-budget-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Court Gives Final Approval of Medi-Cal Adult Day Health Care Lawsuit Settlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ CDCAN DISABILITY RIGHTS REPORT  #013-2012 - JANUARY 24, 2012 &#8211; TUESDAY California Budget Crisis:    Implementation of New Replacement &#8220;Community-Based Adult Services&#8221; Program As A Medi-Cal Managed Care Benefit To Take Effect March 1, 2012 Underway SACRAMENTO, CA (CDCAN)  [Last updated 01/24/2012 03:00 PM] &#8230; <a href="http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/federal-court-gives-final-approval-of-medi-cal-adult-day-health-care-lawsuit-settlement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>News &amp; Media Coverage of January 19th IHSS Hearing</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/news-coverage-of-jan-19th-ihss-hearing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/news-coverage-of-jan-19th-ihss-hearing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TV COVERAGE Critical Mention.com  (Click the link to view all three stories) Today in the Bay  KNTV (NBC) San Francisco, CA DMA: 6  Jan 20 2012 6:07AM PST Ten O&#8217;Clock News  KTVU (Fox)San Francisco, CA DMA: 6  Jan 19 2012 &#8230; <a href="http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/news-coverage-of-jan-19th-ihss-hearing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Flexibility Could Be Key to Helping Seniors</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/financial-flexibility-could-be-key-to-helping-seniors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/financial-flexibility-could-be-key-to-helping-seniors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Healthline,  January 19, 2012  by David Gorn, California Healthline Sacramento Bureau San Mateo County has one of the highest numbers of seniors per capita in California. To Susan Ehrlich, CEO of San Mateo County Medical Center, that was a &#8230; <a href="http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/financial-flexibility-could-be-key-to-helping-seniors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction That Continues Stopping State &amp; Federal Governments From Implementing 20% IHSS Across the Board Reduction</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/federal-judge-issues-preliminary-injunction-that-continues-stopping-state-federal-governments-from-implementing-20-ihss-across-the-board-reduction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/federal-judge-issues-preliminary-injunction-that-continues-stopping-state-federal-governments-from-implementing-20-ihss-across-the-board-reduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CDCAN DISABILITY RIGHTS REPORT  #010-2012 - JANUARY 19, 2012 &#8211; THURSDAY State Budget Crisis &#8211; Breaking News: FEDERAL JUDGE ISSUES PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION THAT CONTINUES STOPPING STATE &#38; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS FROM IMPLEMENTING 20% IHSS ACROSS THE BOARD REDUCTION SACRAMENTO, CA (CDCAN)  [Last updated 01/19/2012 &#8230; <a href="http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/federal-judge-issues-preliminary-injunction-that-continues-stopping-state-federal-governments-from-implementing-20-ihss-across-the-board-reduction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Budget Committee to Hold Informational Budget Hearings on Medi-Cal Managed Care Proposals and Calworks</title>
		<link>http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/senate-budget-committee-to-hold-informational-budget-hearings-on-medi-cal-managed-care-proposals-and-calworks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/senate-budget-committee-to-hold-informational-budget-hearings-on-medi-cal-managed-care-proposals-and-calworks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CDCAN DISABILITY RIGHTS REPORT  #011-2012 - JANUARY 19, 2012 &#8211; THURSDAY State Budget Crisis: February 23rd Hearing Will Focus on Long Term Care and Medi-Cal Managed Care Proposals Including Impact on In-Home Supportive Services and the Multipurpose Senior Servces Program &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://www.udwa.org/2012/01/senate-budget-committee-to-hold-informational-budget-hearings-on-medi-cal-managed-care-proposals-and-calworks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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