Political Quotes

“I rise to join my colleagues Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. McConnell to introduce bipartisan legislation aimed at improving long-term care health and rehabilitation options for Medicare beneficiaries, and also assisting family caregivers. We all recognize that our Nation needs to address sooner rather than later challenges of financing long-term care services for our growing aging population. The Congressional Budget Office has projected that national expenditures for long-term care services for the elderly will increase each year through 2040. But it is in just over a decade when we will see these challenges become even more pronounced when the 76 million baby boomers begin to turn 65. Baby boomers are expected to live longer and greater numbers will reach 85 and older. Given the expected growing costs of long-term care services, and combined with the fact that today so many American families are already serving as caregivers for aging or ailing seniors and providing such a large portion of long-term care services, it is more important than ever that we have in place quality options in how to best care for our senior population about to dramatically increase. This is why we are introducing the Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act, legislation to offer home health beneficiaries more options for receiving care in a setting of their own choosing, rather than confining the provision of those benefits solely to the home.”