Erasing our National Debt Through Accountability and Responsibility Plan Act of 2010

Year-end legislation: Urged Congress to address the stability of the health care workforce and the financial crisis of our hospitals and long-term care facilities. Year-end legislation: Urged Congress to ensure critical health care access and coverage in the year-end omnibus appropriations legislation by eliminating the pending 4% Medicare Pay-As-You-Go sequester from taking effect early next year, establishing a temporary per diem Medicare payment to cover longer stay patients, fully funding workforce training programs for doctors, nurses and allied health professionals, and addressing prior authorization issues in Medicare Advantage. Year-end legislation: Urged Congress to address children's health by permanently extending the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), ensuring continuing coverage for children in Medicaid and CHIP, and requiring 12 months postpartum care coverage under Medicaid and CHIP. Inflation Reduction Act: Urged Congress to include critical health care expansion and affordability provisions to address health equity, maternal mortality and enhance womens health in the economic recovery reconciliation package. FY23 Continuing Resolution: Urged Congress to invest in policies that will ensure the stability of our workforce and address the financial crisis of our hospitals and long-term care facilities, including eliminating the pending 4% Medicare Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 cuts from taking effect early next year. Advocated establishing 12-month Medicaid postpartum coverage and Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance continuous coverage for children as required federal benefits to address maternal mortality and improve the health and well-being of mothers, babies, and children. Urged Congress to pass legislation that would address the Medicaid \fiscal cliff and correct longstanding discrepancies by eliminating the statutorily set funding caps and FMAP for US Territories. Urged Congress to include critical health care expansion and affordability provisions to address health equity, maternal mortality and enhance womens health in the economic recovery reconciliation package. Urged congress and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to address the potential loss of coverage for millions of Medicaid beneficiaries at the end of the federal public health emergency (PHE) and specifically asked for at least a 120-day lead time before unwinding the FMAP and Maintenance of effort provisions of the FFCRA. Urged the House Energy and Commerce Committee to move forward with existing legislation approved by the Subcommittee on Health that would address several social determinants of health and health equity issues. This legislation would allow for better coordination among federal agencies to address health equity, support state and local governments in efforts to address the social determinants of health and promote efforts and innovative approaches to improve health outcomes in programs such as Medicaid. (S. 2938) - Bipartisan Safer Communities Act - Expressed support for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The passage of Medicaid improvements in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act will begin to build the foundation for addressing the nationwide mental health and substance use crisis, particularly for children. (S. 4311) - LIFT the Bar Act - Expressed support for legislation introduced to eliminate the five year-bar, a 1996 policy that denies eligibility for federal assistance programs including Medicaid to millions of immigrants who are lawfully present in the United States. (S. 4260) - Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) - Expressed support for the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). This legislation would ensure that patients facing serious illness have access to high quality palliative care. Urged the Administration to address longstanding and systemic issues that have resulted from underinvesting in nursing home care, including racial and ethnic disparities, and offer our thoughts on the following three issues: Sustainable financing, Workforce concerns, and Enhancing nursing home oversight through innovative partnerships. Urged the Senate to renew its efforts to pass a reconciliation bill that invests in our nations future and well-being by ensuring important health coverage policies that expand access and affordability and address health equity, address climate change and promote initiatives to protect our environment, and include policies that protect Medicaid beneficiaries, providers, and communities after the end of the public health emergency.