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Letter on HR 620, Americans with Disabilities Act Education and Reform Act
LCAO letter, signed by 39 member organizations, urging the Senate to oppose H.R. 620, the ADA Education and Reform Act, or any Senate companion legislation.
Statement on House Tax Reform
Statement on the House tax reform legislation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, sent November 8. 2017.
Graham-Cassidy Letter to Senate
Letter to the Senate signed by 50 members of the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations expressing opposition to the Graham-Cassidy proposal.
LCAO White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) Documents
The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) formed a White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) work group to formulate policy priorities and suggestions for the Conference and Regional Forums. The co-chairs, Sarah Lock from AARP and Diane Lifsey from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), sent a cover letter with LCAO policy documents to Nora Super and the White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA) staff. All of the documents are uploaded to the following links and include descriptions outlining their relation to one another.
Cover Letter from co-chairs – Nora Super policy recommendations for the WHCOA – Final
LCAO Policy Priorities – LCAO- WHCoA Priority Policy Recommendations Final
LCAO Policy Document – LCAO WHCoA Policy Catalog Final
Letter on Substantial Growth Rate Formula and Extenders
LCAO approved a Chairs letter to Congress urging members to repeal and replace the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, and to enact a permanent solution for critical health care extenders during the current lame duck session of Congress.
Letter – Senate FY-2015 Omnibus Appropriations
LCAO sent the attached FY15 appropriation request letter for an omnibus appropriations bill with 43 sign-on’s to Congress. The letter urges the completion of an omnibus spending bill in the lame-duck session for Labor-HHS-Education funding, to include funding for Older Americans Act programs to pre-sequester FY 2010 levels and related funding requests deemed the highest priority by LCAO. This version of the letter was sent to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
Letter – House FY-2015 Omnibus Appropriations
LCAO sent the attached FY15 appropriation request letter for an omnibus appropriations bill with 43 sign-on’s to Congress. The letter urges the completion of an omnibus spending bill in the lame-duck session for Labor-HHS-Education funding, to include funding for Older Americans Act programs to pre-sequester FY 2010 levels and related funding requests deemed the highest priority by LCAO. This version of the letter was sent to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.