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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> NCOA Advocacy
[mailto:advocacy@ncoa.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 03, 2009 11:34
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Rosanna McLain<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Contact Congress for
Long-Term Services and Supports in Health Reform</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:13.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Please Contact Congress to
Include Long-Term Services and Supports in Health Reform and to Cosponsor
the CLASS Act </span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:13.0pt'>Health reform legislation is being drafted by
Congress and is expected to move quickly when they return from their Easter
recess on April 20. <u>Your help is needed now</u> to urge Congress to
address the grea<st1:PersonName w:st="on">test</st1:PersonName> unmet care
need and coverage gap for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
seniors – long-term services and supports, often called long-term
care. The cost of this care impoverishes thousands of seniors and their
families every year and too often home and community services are not
available. There is growing momentum for including these services in the
bill and an emerging consensus on how to do it. If Congress does not
address this problem now, it may be decades before this opportunity arises
again.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.0pt'>Please help by urging your members of Congress to
include long-term services and supports in health reform, and to support
legislation to address the issue – the Community Living Assistance
Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, <a
href="http://capwiz.com/ncoa/utr/1/JSQUKFLOAB/MTMOKFLPEQ/3145023661"
target="_blank" title="S. 697">S. 697</a> and <a
href="http://capwiz.com/ncoa/utr/1/JSQUKFLOAB/MNOSKFLPER/3145023661"
target="_blank" title="H.R. 1721">H.R. 1721</a>. The CLASS Act would create
a nationwide voluntary insurance program to help people get coverage for
long-term services and supports. Financed through voluntary payroll
deductions of about $30 per month, with an option to opt out for those who
choose not to participate, this legislation will help remove barriers to
independence by providing a $50-$100 a day cash benefit to individuals who
are unable to perform activities of daily living. To learn more about the
CLASS Act, click <a
href="http://capwiz.com/ncoa/utr/1/JSQUKFLOAB/JHDCKFLPES/3145023661"
target="_blank" title="CLASS Act">here</a>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:13.0pt;font-weight:bold'>It is important that members of
Congress hear from constituents over the next two weeks about the
importance of long-term services and supports.</span></font></b><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.0pt'> <u>Please take a minute to email
your Senators and Representative on the issue by clicking on the
“Take Action” link above</u>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:13.0pt'>In addition, please contact the local office of
your members of Congress and request a meeting during the upcoming
Congressional recess (April 4-19) to discuss the issue of long-term
services and supports. You may look up the contact information <a
href="http://capwiz.com/ncoa/utr/1/JSQUKFLOAB/OQFOKFLPET/3145023661"
target="_blank" title="elected officials">here</a>. Consider inviting other
advocates in your community to join you at this meeting. If you know of
health reform meetings that are taking place in your community, please
attend and help make the case that long-term services and supports should
be included.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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Encouraging your colleagues, friends, and seniors to email and call will
significantly increase our reach and ensure that our efforts are
successful!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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