Pressure from industry moves the needle on rural relief action.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 18, 2018)—At a House Appropriations Committee hearing today on the Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations for the Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Director Mick Mulvaney confirmed that his agency is working to release the HME-related Interim Final Rule (IFR) originally sent from CMS in August 2017.

Low-income seniors rely on program for nutrition assistance.

WASHINGTON, D.C., (April 18, 2018)—As the House Agriculture Committee begins markup on the 2018 farm bill, which includes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan said today:

“Almost 5 million people aged 60 and over depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for an adequate diet. The 4.8 million seniors covered by SNAP represent 11 percent of the population SNAP serves.