Advocate for All to Age Well
Help Make Obesity Care Affordable for All
Obesity is a serious chronic condition that impacts 41.5% of adults ages 60+. Yet Medicare doesn’t cover all obesity treatments, making quality care unaffordable for older adults. Congress is considering the bipartisan Treat and Reduce Obesity Act to change this. Urge your lawmakers to pass the bill.
Protect Jobs and Training for Older Adults
Many older adults are looking for work. They face financial hardship, want to learn new skills, or hope to contribute to their community, but face obstacles to employment. The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is the only federal program offering solutions to these problems. It's time for Congress to protect and support SCSEP.
Support Program Funding That Meets the Needs of Older Americans and Their Communities
Signed into law in 1965, the Older Americans Act (OAA) was designed to address the wide-ranging needs of older adults. Each year, funding for OAA programs and many other aging services needs to be approved by Congress and signed into law by the president. Pandemic-related funding and support for OAA services will be used up soon. In some states, it's already gone. Help us protect the federal funding needed to meet the needs of older adults, their families, and their communities.
Ensure Medicare Is Affordable for All
No one on Medicare should ever have to skip a doctor’s visit or medicine due to cost. But millions of people living in or near poverty can’t afford their Medicare premiums and copays. For 15 years, Congress has funded efforts to enroll these individuals into programs that can help. Today, that funding is at risk.
Protect Food Assistance for Older Americans
For decades, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has proven to be an effective tool for fighting hunger and poverty, especially among older adults. At a time when millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet, there are proposals in Congress, such as the Senior Hunger Prevention Act, that would strengthen this critical program. Help us protect (and improve) this much-needed food assistance program for vulnerable older adults.
Advocate for the Protect Older Job Applications Act (POJA) and the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA)
Age discrimination presents a unique obstacle for older adults. Help support two bills that could restore the original intent of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Your support can stop age discrimination for older American workers.
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We advise policymakers, empower community-based organizations, and deliver the resources, tools, best practices, and advocacy our nation needs to ensure that every person can age with health and financial security.
