Senate Committee Hold Briefing on Health Care and Long-Term Services and Supports

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), a member of the HELP committee, Dara Torres, a 12-time Olympic medalist, John Henry Douglas, a Vietnam Veteran with two Purple Hearts, and AAHSA’s own Barbara Manard, Ph.D., all advocated for the inclusion of long-term services and supports in any health care reform effort.
“Today’s briefing was a showcase of the real needs of people converging with a good public policy designed to meet those needs,” Larry Minnix, president of AAHSA, told me after the briefing. “We heard real stories from a variety of people. Our guest, Dara Torres, an Olympic champion, talked about being part of the ‘sandwich’ generation, a generation of people who care for their aging parents while supporting their own children.”

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