Public Policy & Action

• Our Positions
• Federal Funding for Seniors Programs
• Older Americans Act
• Long-Term Services & Supports
• Health Care Reform
  • Straight Talk for Seniors™
• Advocacy Toolkit

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
• Congress Finalizes OAA and Other FY12 Appropriations
• 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

Health Care Reform

The health reform debate was long, contentious, and confusing to many.

We fought hard for legislation that improves care for older adults, protects and strengthens Medicare, significantly reduces the number of uninsured Americans, and makes important delivery system reforms to reduce costs and improve quality—all in a fiscally responsible manner.

Straight Talk for Seniors™

Now that the bill is law, we're focused on educating seniors about how it will affect them.

We've launched Straight Talk for Seniors™, a national campaign featuring town hall and educational events, educational materials, an interactive online quiz for people to test their knowledge of the law and learn more about it, a national poll, and webinars to prepare aging services professionals to give presentations in their own communities.

• Get Straight Talk for Seniors™ campaign materials

The Role of the Aging Network

We're also leading the way in examining the role the aging network can play in implementing health reform. In the Summer 2010 issue of our publication Innovations, guest authors discuss how aging services providers can play a critical role in provisions on chronic care, long-term services and supports, Medicare education, and more.

• Read Innovations

Learn More

• Elder Justice provisions in health reform
• Summary of New Health Reform Law by the Kaiser Family Foundation
• Health Reform Implementation Timeline by the Kaiser Family Foundation
• Explanation of Part D Coverage Gap Provision by the Kaiser Family Foundation 
• How Health Reform Will Contain Costs by Third Way   

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