ALFA-Backed Amendment Passes Senate Finance Committee
A press release from ALFA today announces that the Senate Finance Committee accepted an amendment by Senator Bill Nelson to Senator Max Baucus' health care reform legislation that would eliminate prescription drug co-payments under the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program for all dual eligible residents in assisted living waiver programs. This legislation could benefit up to 650,000 low-income seniors nationwide, 75,000 of whom reside in assisted living communities.
ALFA will continue to work very closely with Senator Nelson's office to eliminate co-payments for all dual-eligible residents in assisted living and other home and community-based settings. We thank Senator Nelson for his leadership on this issue and will continue to work with him and other members of Congress on this and other critical issues on behalf of America's seniors.
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