Issue Position: Health Care - Home Health Care

Issue Position

Issue Position: Health Care - Home Health Care

Helping seniors live independently has been a priority of mine since my days in the Wisconsin State Senate. That is why I continue to protect home health care options. Our home health care agencies are facing great challenges as they struggle to continue to provide care to some of our most vulnerable citizens.

In December 2005, I joined a successful bipartisan effort to make sure that the final version of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 did not include any reductions to the Medicare home health benefit.

I have also taken the lead, along with Senator Collins (R-ME), in calling on the Senate Finance Committee to maintain funding for home health care in fiscal year 2007. Medicare beneficiaries should have the option of staying in the comfort of their homes and communities for health care. It is the compassionate thing to do, and it also makes fiscal sense. I will continue to work to make sure that home health care remains a viable option for those who need it.

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