Meet One of the Named Plaintiffs in the Center’s Home Health
Aide Lawsuit
This
week, Katherine Vaczi, one of the named plaintiffs in Johnson v. Becerra,
was featured in an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Ms. Vaczi, 81, has
used a wheelchair since she sustained a spinal cord injury at age 23. She
requires the services of home health aides for help with personal care
activities, like transfers from her bed to her wheelchair and personal hygiene.
The article describes her efforts to age in place
in her fully-accessible home, which includes a garden that she loves and tends
with care. It also explains the challenges she faces in accessing the
Medicare-covered home health aide services she qualifies for under law. The
Center for Medicare Advocacy recently filed the proposed class action to
challenge barriers to Medicare-covered home health aide services for people
with long-term disabilities.
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