Thank you to ANCOR members responding to the national phone-in alert on long-term services -- it worked! Senate Select Committee on Aging Chair Kohl (D-WI), Ranking Member Martinez (R-FL), and Senator Wyden (D-OR) on Wednesday, March 4 committed to carrying forth the message in the next day's White House Forum on Health Care, and to Congress, that long-term supports and services for individuals of all ages must be included in health care reform. Witness Judy Feder identified the need to expand support for Medicaid home and community-based services and urged support for CLASS Act and Community Choice Act legislation, while Henry Claypool testified on behalf of both also underscored the need to build and strengthen the workforce to provide services.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
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