December 13, 2012
Chair’s letter to President conveying LCAO Budget Principles related to year-end budget debate (“fiscal cliff”).
Tag: Budget
Letter to Congress re: Budget Principles
December 13, 2012
Chair’s letter to Congress conveying LCAO Budget Principles related to year-end budget debate (“fiscal cliff”).
LCAO Federal Budget Principles
Revised December 2012
LCAO Principles reflecting the coalition’s consensus opinions on debt and deficit reduction proposals, including key protections that should be afforded to older adults and their families.
LCAO Medicare Home Health Copayments Issue Brief
December 2012
LCAO Issue Brief articulating rationale for opposition to copay proposals for Medicare home health services and proposals to cap payments for episodes of care that would reduce beneficiary access or otherwise restrict the number of home health visits to which beneficiaries are entitled.
Letter to Senate Finance re: Extenders Package
October 31, 2012
Letter to Senate Finance Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Hatch urging support for extension of the Qualified Individual (QI) program, therapy caps exceptions, funding for Medicare low-income outreach and enrollment efforts, and SGR.
Letter to Senate Finance re: Extenders Package
Letter Opposing House FY 2013 Budget Resolution
April 26, 2012
Chair’s letter to members of the House of Representatives expressing LCAO opposition to H. Con. Res. 112, the House FY 2013 Budget Resolution.
Letter re: FY 2013 Labor-HHS Appropriations
March 29, 2012
Letter to House and Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee leadership FY 2013 funding for the Older Americans Act (OAA) and other LCAO priority programs.
Letter to Congress re: FY 2013 Budget Request
March 13, 2012
Chair’s letter to Congress sharing LCAO response to President’s FY 2013 Budget Request.
Letter Supporting S. 1088 to Fully Fund Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
March 1, 2012
Chair’s letter to Sens. Kerry, Blumenthal, Brown (OH), Cardin, Mikulski and Stabenow in support of S. 1088 to fully fund the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP). Created by the Affordable Care Act, the program provides financial assistance to health plan sponsors that made coverage available to millions of early retirees age 55 to 64 and their families.
Letter Supporting H.R. 3887 to Fully Fund Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
March 1, 2012
Chair’s letter to Reps. Holt and Courtney in support of H.R. 3887 to fully fund the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP). created by the Affordable Care Act, the program provides financial assistance to health plan sponsors that made coverage available to millions of early retirees age 55 to 64 and their families.
Letter Supporting H.R. 3887 to Fully Fund ERRP