Home health care once again has a lot at stake as elected officials in Washington debate the FY 08 Federal Budget and two Massachusetts representatives are front and center in the process. At stake is whether home health care will get a planned inflation increase in its Medicare rates - or whether this needed rate reflief will be sacrificed to pay for other Medicare and health insurance expansions, most notably a $50 billion increase for SCHIP - the state children's health insurance program.
Senator John Kerry is a member of the Senate Finance Committe that will be making these funding decisions over the next few weeks. Congressman James McGovern (D-Worcester) has been a primary sponsor of a Congressional Letter - now with more than 100 siganatures to preserve home health funding in this year's budget.
If you care about preserving home care, contact these elected officials and thank them for their support and ask them to hold steady.
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