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Endorsed Letters and Bills
2020
Letter on Equitable Distribution of Vaccine, October 22, 2020
NHCOA Letter to ACIP, September 19, 2020
Coalition Letter AB PET Medicare Coverage Pathway, September 11, 2020
LCAO Emergency Broadband Letter to Congressional Leadership, July 2020
COVID Communications Sign On Letter to Leadership, July 23, 2020
Benes Act Support Letter, July 15, 2020
Joint Letter to Senate Against Payroll Tax Cut in COVID Relief Bill, May 29, 2020
Letter to Congress on USPS, May 18, 2020
FUSA COVID Response, April 22, 2020
Group sign on letter to OCR, April 13, 2020
LCAO Letter to Secretary Azar on Health Care Enrollment from 75 National Organizations, April 9, 2020
LCAO Letter for COVID-19 Package #4. April 8, 2020
LCAO Letter on Cares Act Payment for SSI and VA Pensioners. April 3, 2020
Letter Supporting OAA Reauthorization, February 7, 2020
Urging passage of the Lifespan Respite Care Program Reauthorization Act, February 18, 2020
Improving Access to Mental Health Act Sign On Letter, February 11, 2020
2019
LAB Act Stakeholder Letter, December 2, 2019
Request to extend Medicaid programs in US territories. November 14, 2019
LCAO Opposition to TN amendment proposal requiring mandatory block grant funding for Medicaid populations. October 18, 2019
Letter to Administrator Seema Verma regarding changes to Medicare, September 20, 2019
National Health Organizations Call on Congressional Leaders to Delay Flawed Reporting Process Jeopardizing Seniors’ Access to Laboratory Care July 17, 2019
“No More Surprises: Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills” June 12, 2019
LCAO Consensus Recommendations for the 2019 Older Americans Act Reauthorization June 2019
Funding the Fiscal Year 2020 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Bill, May 2019
Healthy People 2030 National Objectives, January 2019
2018
Civil Society Donut Hole Discount Letter, October 2018
LCAO HHS Funding Reallocations October 24, 2018
Letter to Administrator Seema Verma of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid in recards to advancing the health and economic security of individuals and families with Marketplace coverage and with Medicare.. September, 2018
Opposition to Kentucky's request to waive NEMT for Kentucky HEALTH members. August, 2018
NHCOA statement on Presiden't Trump's plan to lower drug costs. July 17, 2018
LCAO 2019 Approps Letter, June 22, 2018
Re: Florida’s Proposed Amendment Section 1115 Waiver to Eliminate Retroactive Coverage, June 5, 2018
LCAO Letter on Agency Information Collection on NLSOAAP, March 22, 2018
Letter on HR 620 ADA Education and Reform Act, March 9, 2018
Letter of Organizational Support for HEAA, May 15, 2018
HHS Waiver Process Letter, May 14, 2018
Letter Opposing NEMT Budget Proposal, May 7, 2018
2017
Letter to congress regarding Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act, December 19, 2017
Letter regarding the crisis in Puerto Rico, December 18, 2017
Letter on IPAB Repeal, November 30, 2017
Letter to Senate Opposing Tax Bill re Older Adults' Health Care, November 27, 2017
Letter to Seema Verma regarding Iowa's Promosed Amendment to Eliminate Retroactive Coverage, September 5, 2017
LCAO Letter to Majority and Minority Senate Leaders regarding the repeal of the ACA, July 11, 2017
Letter to Congress opposing cuts to Supplemental Security Income., June 26, 2017
Letter to Congress regarding Medicaid expansion, June 22, 2017
LCAO Letter to Majority and Minority Senate Leaders regarding the House-Passed AHCA, June 21, 2017
Letter to Congressmen Ruiz and Meehan regarding the BENES Act, June 29, 2017
Letter to House regarding Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act, May 9, 2017
Letter to Senate regarding Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act, May 9, 2017
Letter to Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi regarding Medicare, March 23, 2017
Letter to Majority and Minority Leaders regarding changes to Medicaid, March 3, 2017
Letter to Congress regarding the repeal of the ACA, January 13, 2017
2016
Letter to Congress regarding Administrative Funding, October 27, 2016
Letter to Congress regarding Rental Assistance Demonstration and Project Rental Assistance Contracts, October 24, 2016
Letter to Senator Hatch in regards to Puerto Rico, October 14, 2016
Joint letter to congressional committees: Part B Premiums Deductible, September 27, 2016
Letter to The Office of Management and Budget regarding Public Comments for the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice, September 1, 2016
Letter to Congress regarding Beneficiary Enrolment Notification and Eligibility Simplification August 22, 2016
Letter to the House of Representatives regarding Beneficiary Enrolment Notification and Eligibility Simplification, August 22, 2016
Letter to the Senate regarding Beneficiary Enrolment Notification and Eligibility Simplification, August 22, 2016
Letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2017 Rates, June 17, 2016
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2016 Social Media Guide – HEAA 2016 Day of Action, June 15, 2016
Letter to Congressional TriCaucus regarding Organizational Endorsement of the Health Equity & Accountability Act of 2016, June 15, 2016
Letter to Dr. Patrick Conway in regards to the Accountable HEalth Communities Funding Opportunity Announcement. May 10, 2016
Letter to the House of Representatives regarding House Amendment to S. 192, March 21, 2016
2015
Letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding Marketplace to Medicare NBPP, December 21, 2015
Docket No. CMS-3260-P, Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities, October 14, 2015
Request for Revision of Medicaid Policy to Eliminate Coverage Gap in Home and COmmunity-Based Services, October 15, 2015
Letter to Senate and House Representatives regarding Medicare Part B Premiums and Deductibles, September 30, 2015
Statement of Support for Social Security Disability Insurance, September 28, 2015
Letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Regarding CMS-1633-P, Medicare Program, August 31, 2015
Coalition Observation Stays Fact-Sheet: Observation Stays Deny Medicare Beneficiaries Access to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Care, June 30, 2015
LCAO Letter to Representative Debra B. Whitman, regarding co-sponsorship of S. 843, the bipartisan "Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015", May 20, 2015
LCAO Letter to Senator Debra B. Whitman, regarding co-sponsorship of S. 843, the bipartisan "Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2015", May 20, 2015
Letter to House and Senate regarding the Assisting Caregivers Today (ACT) Caucus, April 20, 2015
Letter to House and Senate regarding Social Security Administration (SSA) sequestration-level spending in Fiscal Year 2016, March 13, 2015
Letter to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Regarding Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2016 for Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates, Part C and Part D Payment Policies and 2016 Call Letter, March 6, 2015
Letter to House and Senate Regarding Statement for January 21-22, 2015 Health Subcommittee hearing, “A Permanent Solution to the SGR: The Time Is Now.”, January 20, 2015
2014
Letter to Department of Health & Human Services, Department of Labor, and the Social Security Administration, regarding Medicare eligibility rights and obligations, December 11, 2014
Letter to House of Representatives and Senate regarding Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act, December 4, 2014
Letter to Office of Management and Budget Regarding FY 2016 Administrative Funding for the Social Security Administration, November 13, 2014
LCAO Letter to Senate in support for Fiscal Year 2015 funding for Older Americans Act Programs, November 12, 2014
LCAO Letter to House of Representatives in support for Fiscal Year 2015 funding for Older Americans Act Programs, November 12, 2014
Letter to Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to conduct in-depth analysis of the Medicare Part D exceptions, October 10, 2014
Letter to L. Alexander, Ranking Member, Ranking Minority, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA), September 17, 2014
Letter to B. Sanders, Chairman Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA), September 17, 2014
Letter to T. Harkin, Chairman Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA), September 17, 2014
Letter to R. Burr, Ranking Member, Ranking Minority, Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA), September 17, 2014
Letter to United States Senate in support of the Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act of 2014 (S. 2552), August 8, 2014
Letter to United States House of Representatives in support of the Medicare Advantage Participant Bill of Rights Act of 2014 (S. 2552), August 8, 2014
Letter to Representative Allyson Y. Schwartz, in support for the Coordinating Care for Older Americans Act (OAA), July 3, 2014
Letter to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Concern regarding "Part D Payment for Drugs for Beneficiaries Enrolled in Hospice – Final 2014 Guidance", June 11, 2014
Letter to U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from Senior Transportation Task Force (STTF) regarding support for transit programs, June 9, 2014
LCAO Letter in support for S. 2089, the “Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act of 2014.”, May 30, 2014
Letter to U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Maintain Funding for DOT Programs Impacting Older Adults, April 23, 2014
Letter to U.S. Senate, Elder Falls Prevention, April 2, 2014
Issue Brief: Funding for Elder Falls Prevention, March 2014
Letter to U.S. Senate, Medicare SGR Repeal and Beneficiary Access Improvement Act of 2014 (S. 2110), March 24, 2014
Letter to U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Beneficiary Advocates, February 27, 2014
Letter to U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, Low-Income Subsidies (Extra Help) for Medicare Part D, February 19, 2014
Coalition Observation Stays Fact-Sheet: Observation Stays Deny Medicare Beneficiaries Access to Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Care, February 10, 2014
Letter to Mikulski and Harkin, Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPH Fund) for Elder Falls Prevention, February 6, 2014
2013
Letter to Chairman Baucus, Senator Hatch, members of the Senate Finance Committee, support for year-end health extenders package, December 9, 2013
Letter to Chairman Camp, Congressman Levin, House Ways and Means Committee, support for year-end health extenders package, December 9, 2013
Letter to House, SGR Repeal and Medicare Physician Payment Reform Discussion Draft, November 12, 2013
Medicare Fair Share Act of 2013 (S. 1198), August 2, 2013
Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act of 2013 Bill, July 24, 2013
Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act of 2013 Co-Sponsor letter, July 24, 2013
Letter to Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office Regarding Consumer Protections for the State Dual Eligible Demonstrations, June 19, 2013
Response Letter from Director of Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office
LCAO Letter regarding Older Americans Act (OAA) funding, June 19, 2013
Letter from NAPGCM Regarding Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Observation Status, June 2013
NAPGCM Support Listing, The Older American's Act Amendments of 2013
Older Americans Summit Video Clip, May 23, 2013
Letter from NAPGCM Regarding Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Observation Status, May 2013
NDD United - Coalition for Health Funding, 2014 FY Budget requests, February 11, 2013
FY 2014 Administrative Funding for the Social Security Administration, November 8, 2012
LCAO Letter in support of S.569 and H.R.1179, "Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2013", March 28, 2013
LCAO Letter to Congress, regarding 2013 and 2014 Budget, March 13, 2013
LCAO House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee Hearing “Examining Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design”, March 12, 2013
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act, to Representative Tom Latham February 20, 2013
Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act, to Representative Joe Courtney February 20, 2013
2012
Dual Eligible Stakeholder Request for Ombudsmanin State Demonstrations, October 23, 2012
Letter from NAPGCM Regarding Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Observation Status, August 2012
Dual Eligible Issues and Recommendations, July 18, 2012
Kathleen Sebelius Savings Letter regarding duel eligibility, June 27, 2012
Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act Summary, June 22, 2012
CLASS Repeal H.R. 1173 Letter to House Ways and Means Committee January 17, 2012
2011
CLASS Repeal H.R. 1173 Letter to House Energy Commerce Committee November 14, 2011
Social Security Administration Funding for FY 2013 OMB November 14, 2011
CLASS Vote Against H.R. 1173
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Resources and Tools
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LCAO Letters Archive
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LCAO Consensus Recommendations for the 2019 Older Americans Act Reauthorization
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ALCA Public Policy E-Flash Newsletters
A Message from the ALCA Board of Directors regarding Racism, June 8, 2020
Observation Status Grassroots Alert, June 30, 2014
Older Americans Act Reauthorization and Funding Update, May 12, 2014
Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, April 2, 2014
Observation Status Grassroots Alert, March 3, 2014
CMS Medicare Learning Network National Provider Call - Two Midnight Rule, February 24, 2014
Delay of the Two-Midnight Rule, February 12, 2014
Improvement Standard Update: CMS Revises Medicare Policy, January 28, 2014
CMS Issues Final Rule on Community Living Options, January 16, 2014
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