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Disability Rights
   Age Discrimination in Employment This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Protections against unlawful discrimination in hiring, promotion, salaries. 		  
   
   Challenging Social Security Decisions (Separate Website)
Learn how to use the social security hearing and appeals system.
By: Social Security Administration 		  
   
   Housing discrimination and elders This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Getting changes in rules and living space to enable elders and people with disabilities to remain at home
By: New Mexico Legal Aid   		  
   
   Medicare This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Hospital, doctor, prescription benefits
By: New Mexico Legal Aid   		  
   
   Social Security: Your Right to Representation (Separate Website)
How you can use your right to representation with SSA
By: Social Security Administration 		  
   
   VA Aid & Attendance This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Home health care assistance for veterans and spouses
By: New Mexico Legal Aid   		  
   
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Guardianship
   Grandparents' Access to Grandchildren This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
When grandparents and greatparents can seek time with minor children. November 2009
By: New Mexico Legal Aid   		  
   
   Guardianship over a Child
Legal rights and duties of guardians, including "kinship caregivers", over another person's child
By: New Mexico Legal Aid   		  
   
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Medicare
   Medicare This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Hospital, doctor, prescription benefits
By: New Mexico Legal Aid   		  
   
   Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
Fraud, waste, and abuse in health care programs--recognize it, report it, and avoid having to pay for unlawful billing. December 2009
By: New Mexico Legal Aid   		  
   
   Medicare Appeals This link opens a PDF file in a new window. If you do not have an accessible Acrobat Reader, a link is provided at the bottom of this page.
Medicare mistakenly denies many lawful claims. When should you appeal, and how? December 2009
By: New Mexico Legal Aid   		  
   
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