Call Your Senate Offices; Ask Them to Include Long Term Services and Supports in Health Reform

As reported in last week’s WICs Live, several important provisions regarding long-term services and supports backed by ANCOR are included in Senate health reform proposals. Senate Finance Chairman Baucus modified his original health care mark by including additional federal assistance to states for Medicaid’s HCBS waiver services, changes in Medicaid’s 1915(j) HCBS state plan option, and a new Medicaid personal attendant state plan option with a 6% enhanced FMAP. The Senate HELP Committee has included the CLASS Act in their version of Health Reform. ANCOR staff made Capitol Hill visits on these and other long-term services’ issues this week in addition to its ANCOR grassroots alert posted in the Action Center. We are asking the Senate to include Long Term Services and Supports in the final version of Health Reform. ANCOR members are encouraged to respond to the alert if they have not already.