Primary Education Topic:
Policy and Advocacy
Other Education Topics:
Legal & Ethical Issues
A successful class-action lawsuit brought by the National Senior Citizens Law Center and others challenging policy that took nearly five years to litigate.
By Gerald McIntyre
Elaine Clark suffered from end-stage renal disease and needed a kidney transplant in order to survive. Unable to obtain a kidney where she lived in Santa Clara County, Calif., she decided to return to her hometown of Buffalo, New York, when she learned she could get a transplant. The operation was successful. However, what she didn’t realize was that after the move, she would lose her Social Security benefit and spend the few remaining years of her life without any income.