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Add your voice to protect and strengthen programs we all depend on as we age. Join the National Council on Aging, and follow federal aging services legislation and speak up on the issues you care about.
Reauthorize the Older Americans Act
Protect Federal Funding
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.
Pass the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act
Support Access to Equal Care
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 the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA)
Support Medicare Assistance
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.
Improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Fight Hunger and Poverty
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.
Support Two Bills to Stop Age Discrimination for Older Workers
Stop Age Discrimination
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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