Preparing for an Aging Prison Population
One of the pillars of B’nai B’rith International is our Center for Senior Services (CSS), which focuses on issues that impact older Americans. Throughout my time working at...
Tag: Evan Carmen
September 14, 2020
Social Security: 85 Years of Lifting Seniors out of Poverty
Recently, Social Security celebrated its 85th birthday! Since its inception, the program has been woven into the fabric of our nation and let countless seniors retire with dignity and respect. In...
August 14, 2020
Long Lines at Polling Stations During a Pandemic: It’s Time to Expand Voting from Home
In May, my wife and I received our ballots to vote by mail in Maryland’s primary. The whole process was easy. We voted and put our ballots in the provided self-addressed envelope. Given...
July 15, 2020
LGBTQ Seniors Fight for a Place to Live
During the last decade, the LGBTQ community has made important strides in its effort to tear down the walls of discrimination in this country. The crowning achievement occurred when the Supreme...
June 18, 2020
COVID-19 Senior Housing Legislation on Capitol Hill: What’s the Status?
As COVID-19 continues to plague our nation, Congress has spent months debating the best way to respond to the pandemic. It has debated economic stimulus for individuals, small businesses,...
May 15, 2020
COVID-19 Senior Scams: Yes It Can Get Lower
As you may recall, a couple of years ago I wrote a blog entitled, “Senior Scams, A New Low” which detailed how low-life individuals prey on seniors for their own financial gain....
April 28, 2020
People Helping Seniors
Who reading this blog is tired of turning on the news and getting further depressed by stories regarding COVID-19? I imagine this feeling applies to most people in the country right now. No matter...
April 1, 2020
COVID-19: A B’nai B’rith Center for Senior Services Perspective
What a difference a month makes. A month ago, my colleagues and I were going up to Capitol Hill to talk with congressional offices about the fiscal year 2021 budget. It was that time of the year...
February 11, 2020
The ACA and Medicaid, Expanding Healthy Outcomes to Older Adults
Ever since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed into law in 2010, members of Congress and the administration have been doing everything possible to repeal this important healthcare legislation....