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Resources

For Professionals

• Long-Term Services & Supports: Candidate Survey
• President’s FY 2013 Budget Request: Implications for Healthy Aging
• FY13 Budget Request Includes Both Investments, Cuts for Senior Programs
• Sen. Sanders OAA Bill Champions NCOA Priorities
• Tips to Fund and Sustain Your Health Programs
• Prescription for Life: Building Community Partnerships to Promote Physical Activity and Social Engagement for Older Adults
• Involvement of State Aging and Disability Advocates in Duals Integration

For Older Adults and Caregivers

• Long-Term Services & Supports: Candidate Survey
• Poverty is Personal
• November 30, 2011 Open Enrollment for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage Ends Earlier this Year

For Advocates

• Long-Term Services & Supports: Candidate Survey
• President’s FY 2013 Budget Request: Implications for Healthy Aging

Federal Funding for Seniors Programs

Cutting the federal budget deficit is the hottest topic in Washington, DC—and programs serving older Americans will not be spared.

Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act (OAA) are all facing cuts.

Other programs that serve vulnerable seniors are likely to be targeted as well, including Senior Corps, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Section 202 Housing for the Elderly, and the Community Services Block Grant Program (CSBG).

Protecting Vulnerable Seniors

We believe that reducing the federal budget deficit is important to our nation’s economic future and will require difficult choices and shared sacrifice.

But spending cuts should not be made at the expense of economically disadvantaged seniors and younger Americans. Due to the recent economic downturn, more seniors than ever need assistance and support to make ends meet. 

Funding for seniors programs, including the OAA, is a cost-effective investment. Every $1 provided to the aging services network is leveraged by nearly $3 in non-federal support.

We're working to increase funding for cost-effective seniors programs that will create jobs, bend the Medicare and Medicaid cost curve downward, and promote economic growth.

What's New

Learn More

Deficit Reduction

• The Debt Ceiling Deal: The Good, the Bad, and What's Ahead
  Read our summary of how the plan that passed Congress will affect Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and the Older Americans Act.
• Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) Budget Principles
  Explore the LCAO's eight principles for a balanced approach to deficit reduction that will protect America's elders.
• Congressional Budget Office Analysis
  See what the non-partisan government agency says about the effects of the debt ceiling plan.
• FAQ on the Budget Control Act
  Review questions and answers about the debt ceiling plan from OMB Watch.
• Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
  Read the center's latest analyses of the budget process and debt deal.

Aging Program Appropriations

• See a table of funding amounts for aging programs from FY10 through FY12.

House FY12 Budget Resolution

The House FY12 Budget Resolution would dismantle and drastically cut Medicare and Medicaid, increasing health care costs for older Americans and putting vulnerable seniors at risk.

• NCOA Statement
  Read why we believe the House budget plan is an assault on America's seniors.
• Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) Statement
  See why the nation's leading aging organizations are opposing the House plan.
• LCAO Statement on Medicaid
  Learn how Medicaid cuts would have the biggest impact on vulnerable individuals in need.
• Congressional Budget Office Analysis
  Explore non-partisan estimates that the House proposal would raise health care costs for seniors.
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Report
  Learn how the House plan would get about two-thirds of its budget cuts from programs that serve people of limited means.
• Economic Policy Institute Analysis
  Discover why economists forecast that the proposal's plan to slash Medicaid will cost the economy nearly two million private sector jobs.
• Quiz: How Would the GOP’s Budget Affect Those in Poverty?
  Take this online quiz from Half in 10, the campaign to cut poverty in half in 10 years.
• Statements from National Organizations
  Read what leading organizations are saying about the House proposal's Medicaid cuts.

Administration FY12 Budget Request

• President Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan
  Read the president's proposal to reduce the deficit without harming Medicare or Medicaid.
• Administration on Aging FY12 Budget Proposal 
  Review the AoA budget proposal.
• LCAO Statement
  Read why we need to protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

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