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Brian Schatz's Public Statements on Issue: Senior Citizens

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02/02/2024 Schatz, Hirono Introduce Legislation To Increase Medicare Reimbursements For Hawai"i Hospitals, Help Maintain Health Care Services For Seniors
09/21/2021 Schatz, Murkowski, Hirono, Sullivan Reintroduce Bill To Ensure Fair Medicare Payments, Make Cost-Of-Living Adjustment For Hawai"i, Alaska Nursing Homes
09/20/2021 Schatz: Maui County Set To Receive Nearly $200,000 In Federal Funding To Provide Support Services To Seniors In Affordable Housing
09/17/2021 Hawai"i Set To Receive $4.5 Million To Support Local Nursing Homes, Protect People, Health Care Workers From COVID-19, Other Infectious Diseases
04/02/2021 Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home In Hilo To Receive $600,000 In Federal Relief Funding From American Rescue Plan
03/12/2021 Schatz Releases New COVID-19 Relief Guide To Help Hawai"i Families, Workers, Small Businesses Access Federal Resources, Programs
05/13/2020 Letter to David Ige, Governor of Hawai'i - Schatz Calls On Governor Ige To Step Up Efforts To Prevent COVID-19 Outbreaks In Nursing Homes, Strengthen Plans To Protect Hawai"i Seniors, Nursing Home Workers
03/12/2020 Letter to the Hon. Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States - Casey, Colleagues Press Coronavirus Task Force on Situation in Nursing Homes and Preparedness for Seniors, People with Disabilities
03/12/2020 Letter to Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States - Shaheen, Hassan Press Coronavirus Task Force on Situation in Nursing Homes
01/28/2020 Letter to the Hon. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration - Casey, Senate Dems Call for End to Trump Administration's New Scheme to Undermine Disability Benefits
04/23/2018 Letter to Alex Azar, Health and Human Services Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, and Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor - Halt Expansion of Junk Health Insurance Plans
04/13/2018 Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Chairman, and the Hon. Patty Murray, Ranking Member - Significantly Increase Funding for the Older Americans Act
04/13/2018 Letter to the Hon. Roy Blunt, Sen. Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and the Hon. Parry Murray, Ranking Member - Call for Robust Funding for Job Training for Older Americans
02/28/2018 Schatz, Lee, Leahy Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Improve Compassionate Release Process, Save Taxpayer Money
08/07/2017 Letter to Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Senators Push to Stop Trump Administration From Ending Protections for Nursing Home Residents
04/15/2016 Letter to The Honorable Jacob Lew, Secretary of Treasury - Warning Treasury Secretary That Looming Pension Cuts Would Hurt Retirees in Minnesota, Across Country
03/16/2016 Letter to the Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies and the Honorable Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies - Support for Seniors Program
10/08/2015 Letter to Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
09/23/2015 Letter to Andy Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Calling on Medicare & Medicaid to Ban Long-Term Care Facilities from Using Unfair Arbitration Clauses
03/27/2015 Letter to Roy Blunt, Chairman of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, and Patty Murray, Ranking Member of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee - Funding for Programs under the Older Americans Act
11/18/2014 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - In Support of Rural Hospitals
05/20/2014 Letter to Marilyn Tavenner, Administrator Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Halt Expansion of Program Prior to HHS IG Review
04/03/2014 Letter to Tom Harkin, Chairman and Jerry Moran, Ranking Member of Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies - Seniors Programs
03/06/2014 Senators Fight to Protect Medicare for Seniors
02/25/2014 Senate Advances Bill That Will Make Way for New VA Medical Facility on Oahu, Double Clinical Services for Hawaii Veterans

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