Program Chair:
Christina E. Balistreri
Webb Law Services LLC
Milwaukee
Speakers:
Jacob A. Haller
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
Milwaukee
Christine J. Huberty
Center for Medicare Advocacy
Madison
Travis LaChance
Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
Milwaukee
Brynne D. McBride
ABC for Health Inc.
Madison
8:30 a.m. Public Benefits Overview
Christine J. Huberty
8:45 a.m. Social Security and FoodShare
- SSA changes and the potential impacts on claimants and recipients
- SNAP/FoodShare overview
- proposed changes to FoodShare and their potential impacts on Wisconsin recipients
Travis LaChance
9:05 a.m. Medicaid Under Threat
- Potential threats to Medicaid & BadgerCare Plus
- Potential to reduce access to care
- Overall health concerns
- Financial impacts including individual debt and care that goes unpaid for
Brynne D. McBride
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. The Changing Landscape of Traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage
- How cuts to the Social Security Administration impact Medicare beneficiaries
- New rules impacting formerly incarcerated individuals
Christine J. Huberty
10:45 a.m. SSA Changes Impact on Incarcerated People
- Social Security Income Changes
- Other Changes
- Impact of these changes
Jacob A. Haller
11:30 a.m. Program concludes
- Stay current on fast-moving changes to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and BadgerCare Plus policies
- Know how to support clients facing incarceration-related benefit barriers
- Prepare for the potential financial and health system impacts of reduced Medicaid access
- Understand administrative and systemic issues affecting Medicare beneficiaries
- Learn how administrative changes to Social Security are affecting benefit delivery and client support
- Walk away with clear guidance for protecting your clients’ access to vital benefit programs
- Public interest lawyers
- Public benefits lawyers
- Government lawyers
- General practitioners
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