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  • Issue Brief – March 2021 – Nursing Homes & COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Other Issues
  • Issue Brief – January 2021 – Medicare Provisions In the COVID Relief & Omnibus Package, and Other Issues
  • CMA Alert | April 8, 2021
  • Positive COVID News from Navajo Nation
  • Experts Spotlight Systemic Racism in U.S. Nursing Homes and Call for Action
  • Covid-19 and Nursing Home Residents: Increased Loneliness and Isolation
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  • Issue Brief | Medicare Home Health Coverage: Reality Conflicts with the Law
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  • No fooling – 35 Years of Medicare Advocacy
  • CMA Alert | March 31, 2021
  • Center for Medicare Advocacy Welcomes Cinnamon St. John
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  • CMA Alert | March 25, 2021
  • Center for Medicare Advocacy submits Statement for the Record for Senate Finance Committee March 17 Hearing on Nursing Homes and COVID-19
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  • Center Report: Billions of Dollars to Nursing Homes in Covid-19 Relief
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Jimmo v. Sebelius

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