Take Action!

Long-Term Care Financing Reform Belongs in Party Platforms

We've succeeded in getting long-term care language into the Democratic platform as well as the draft of the Republican platform.

Here is language in draft of the Republican platform:

The financial burdens and emotional challenges of ensuring adequate care for elderly family members affect every American, especially with today’s aging population. We must develop new ways to support individuals, not just institutions, so that older Americans can have a real choice whether to stay in their homes. This is true not only with regard to Medicaid, where we spend $100 billion annually on long-term care, but also for those who do not qualify for that assistance.

We'll keep you updated as to whether the language makes the final cut.

There are three others ways that you can join us in this fight.

Talk:

Talk about this issue with everyone you know. You understand it affects all of us. Now is the time to make everyone, from best friend to your book club, know it too.

Advocate:

To your policy makers, you aren't just an individual. You are a voter and a person who they are charged to represent. It's their obligation, and your opportunity, to discuss our solution. Tell your federal, state and local policy makers that the current system isn't working.Tell them that there is a solution and tell them that AAHSA wants to talk about it. Contact Congress today.

Educate:

Information is power. But education is the only way to share that power. That's why we need your help. Organize an educational event about long-term care in your community. Encourage community leaders to attend and contribute to the dialogue about this important issue. Contact us to start planning an event today.

Talk. Advocate. Educate. Whatever you do, your voice will help us solve our nation's problem of financing long-term care.