Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support two bills that I have introduced that will help to preserve and to expand access to home healthcare. I have been a strong supporter of home care since my very first home visit early in my Senate service. This experience gave me the opportunity to meet and to visit with home healthcare patients, where I saw firsthand what a difference highly skilled, caring visiting nurses and other healthcare professionals make in the lives of patients and their families. I have been a passionate advocate of home healthcare ever since. The highly skilled and compassionate care that home health agencies provide in the State of Maine and across the country have enabled millions of our most frail and vulnerable individuals to avoid hospitals and nursing homes and to stay just where they want to be--in the comfort, privacy, and security of their own homes. As we look to the future, home health services will continue to be in high demand. The Census projects that by the year 2030, the proportion of U.S. residents older than age 65 will have nearly doubled from 2010. The Home Health Payment Innovation Act, which I have introduced with Senator Stabenow, Senator Kennedy, Senator Jones, Senator Cassidy, and Senator Paul, preserves access to existing home health services under the Medicare Program, while also providing a pathway for innovative approaches to using these vital services.…”