disabled consumers

• Cvs Caremark Corporation Settles Ftc Deceptive Pricing Charges

Many Seniors and Disabled Consumers Hit With Higher Prices for Prescription Drugs WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark Corporation will pay $5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented the prices of certain Medicare Part D prescription drugs - including drugs used to treat breast cancer symptoms and epilepsy - at CVS and Walgreens pharmacies. The allegedly deceptive claims caused many seniors and disabled consumers to pay significantly more for their drugs than they expected and pushed them into the "donut hole" - a term referring to the coverage gap where none of their drug costs are reimbursed - sooner than they anticipated or planned. The settlement will bar deceptive claims related to Medicare Part D drug prices and requir...

• U.S. Newswire
• January 12, 2012

• New Appliance Designs Serve Aging, Disabled Consumers

When shopping for an appliance, the typical considerations are energy efficiency, affordability, attractiveness and size. But today's consumers and manufacturers are placing equal importance on another consideration: ease of use. They are looking beyond today, too, and considering how easy the appliance will be to operate when the consumer ages or becomes disabled. Some appliances, after all, have a life span of 20 years of more.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• November 07, 2006

• Announcement of Requirements and Registration for “EHR Accessibility Challenge”

The ``EHR Accessibility Challenge'' challenges multidisciplinary teams to create and test a module or application that makes it easy for disabled consumers to access and interact with the health data stored in their EHRs. Accessibility and usability in health IT are high priority issues for the disability community. A consumer- oriented system providing easy-to-use access to health information would be a valuable tool and significantly improve the health of disabled individuals. The statutory authority for this challenge competition is Section 105 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111- 358).

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 4325, January 27, 2012
• Notices
• Health and Human Services Department

• New Worries About Family Care

[Judith Frye] insists Dane County's developmentally disabled consumers will not lose benefits with the state's program. "All the services they are currently getting are in the benefit package for Family Care," she says, before implying that Dane County spends too much on its services anyway "You can't just keep throwing money at it. That's not acceptable," says [Falk]. "That's' not some federal pot of money That's our local tax dollars." Frye doesn't see why Dane County needs to spend additional money on services not offered under Family Care: "If you do an individual care plan and identify a person's needs, what else is there that you would need to spend money on?" But she says the state won't tie Dane County's hands. "They can give money away if they want to."

• Isthmus; Madison, Wis.
• August 27, 2009

• Taking the `dis' out of disability: Carmen Jones triumphed over a crippling car accident to build a marketing firm serving disabled consumers.

In 1986, Carmen Jones, then a junior at Hampton University in Virginia, was returning to campus after Thanksgiving break when a horrible car accident ...

• Black Enterprise
• Vol. 32 Nbr. 8, March 2002

• Straight From the Chair

Let's start with the Wayne County Airport Authority, which was thrust on us back in 2002. Fiscal oversight and governance of Metro and Willow Run airports was taken away from Wayne County and the County Commission, and turned over to a seven-person board with staggered terms ranging from six to eight years. There is no guarantee that Detroit or Detroiters will have much of a say in how these properties are returned to market. A five-person Authority will be dominated by the Wayne County Executive's Office, which would have three appointments to the board. The Wayne County Treasurer and the Wayne County Commission would each have one appointment under the proposed land bank. So if a Community Mental Health Authority can more effectively deliver services to our mentally ill and developmen...

... the mentally ill and the developmentally disabled. The current governance of the Detroit Wayne Count... is unable to direct services to consumers. That is a travesty. A 12-person board runs the ag...

• Michigan Chronicle
• August 06, 2009

• Cuts Hitting Oparc's Senior Services Program

Sherry Delaplain could only cry when she found out: Next month, the program that helps her get around town is going away. OPARC, a nonprofit organization that serves 700 developmentally disabled consumers through various day programs, is facing cuts that are impacting staff, and eventually, its clients.

• The Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
• July 12, 2009

• Abusive Debt Collectors May Face Tougher Rules Under New Council Legislation

At a time when working-class New Yorkers are at their most vulnerable, we must stand up to the unlicensed debt collectors who prey on them and clog our courts with bogus cases," stated Council Member [Dan Garodnick]. "Too many residents today find themselves pursued by these claims in record numbers, which poses a serious threat to those individual families and to our city's economic recovery. Melvin Billings, a disabled veteran, had his bank account- containing only Supplemental Security Income and workers' compensation -restrained when he was sued on an alleged old debt by an unlicensed debt buyer that has filed thousands of lawsuits against New Yorkers. "I never even heard of this company," Mr. Billings testified. "They never wrote me a letter or informed me of anything, and yet th...

... financing agencies purchase them while consumers are still current with their payments.". According...

• Culvert Chronicles, The
• September 07, 2009

• In Search of Fraud, Waste and Unfairness ; Two Powerful New Executive-Branch Positions for New Jersey.

STATE HOUSE Democrats, trying to inoculate themselves against corruption charges as the November elections approach, are creating two powerful new executive-branch positions. The holder of one, the inspector general, will be empowered to examine any state, county or local agency in search of fraud or mismanagement. The holder of the other, the public advocate, will be able to sue other officials on behalf of the aged, the young, the mentally ill and disabled, and consumers.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• July 07, 2005

• Governor's Cutbacks Threatens in-Home Supportive Services Program

According to research by SEIU-ULTCW, the largest service employee union in California, these cuts are anticipated to have a dramatic impact on both the providers and the consumers who need these services. As background, IHSS provides assistance to seniors, the disabled or blind. It also assists disabled children. It is considered an alternative to out-of-home care. The services authorized by IHSS are broad and range from housecleaning and meal preparation to personal care and protective supervision for the mentally impaired. Individual service need is calculated by the Functional Index (FI), which uses a weighted average to determine the hours of care an IHSS recipient receives. The FI is based on a scale of 1-5, with 1 meaning that services are not necessary and a 5 indicating the most...

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• October 15, 2009