LCAO letter, signed by 30 member organizations, encouraging the Department of Health and Human Services to fully carry out the final rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and expressing opposition to any effort to reopen it or roll back its patient and consumer protections. Section 1557 and its rule are critically important to protecting older Americans not only from age discrimination but also from discrimination based on race, color, national origin, limited English proficiency, disability, or sex, including discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sex stereotypes.
Happenings
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.
Health Extenders Letter to House
LCAO letter, signed by 34 national organizations, expressing the coalition’s views on health extender issues currently being considered in Congress.
LCAO Health Extenders House Letter
Health Extenders Letter to Senate
LCAO letter, signed by 34 national organizations, expressing the coalition’s views on health extender issues currently being considered in Congress.
Senate ACA Repeal LCAO Chair Statement
LCAO statement on revised Senate ACA repeal legislation (July 27, 2017)
www.lcao.org/files/2017/07/LCAO-Senate-ACA-Repeal-Chair-Statement-072717.pdf
Letter on NSOAAP and transgender older adults
Chair’s letter on exclusion of transgender older adults from the National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP).
Senate Affordable Care Act Repeal Letter
Letter signed by 48 members of the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations expressing strong opposition to provisions in the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BRCA) that would significantly harm our nation’s seniors.
www.lcao.org/files/2017/07/LCAO-Senate-ACA-Repeal-Letter-071117.pdf
Letter on FY18 Appropriations
Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee leadership regarding LCAO priorities for FY 2018.