AARP Ohio 2005 State Legislative Agenda
By: Source: AARP.org Date Posted: 2005-03-29 15:22:32
Access to Home and Community Based Services
- Ensure adequate funding for PASSPORT, Ohio's Medicaid waiver program that provides in-home care to elderly Ohioans. Adequate funding would ensure no waiting lists for those in need of these services.
- Authorization for the submission of a Medicaid waiver for assisted living.
Tax and Expenditure Limits (TEL)
Oppose Ohio's Tax and Expenditure Limits (TEL) legislative proposal which would make Ohio's fiscal policy part of the state constitution rather than keeping the decision-making in the hands of Ohio lawmakers.
Social Security
Working with AARP's federal campaign to strengthen Social Security.
Medicare and Prescription Drugs
Working with AARP's federal campaign to improve Medicare and to fight for lower prescription drug costs.
Federal Legislative Advocacy
Working with AARP staff and volunteers all across the country, AARP Ohio also is working towards many important federal public policy goals, including improving the current Medicare prescription drug benefit and maintaining a sound Social Security program.
Get involved. Be an AARP Advocacy Volunteer.
Success with such issues takes great resources and effort. Most of all, it requires the involvement of concerned and committed members.
AARP Ohio offers a variety of volunteer opportunities in public policy advocacy:
- Working with AARP staff to promote and defend our public policy interests before the Ohio legislature and executive branches of government
- Receiving regular training and briefings to communicate AARP positions and desires with their own elected officials.
- Providing grassroots support at the Statehouse level by attending hearings and committee meetings on important legislation relating to AARP priorities.
- Becoming an e-advocate to receive up-to-date information and legislative alerts on AARP priority issues via e-mail and the Internet and using that information to communicate with elected officials.
- Helping with specific events like candidate forums, petition drives, town hall meetings or legislative information tables.
Become an AARP Ohio advocacy volunteer today.
To receive more information about how you can help AARP achieve our public policy goals as an AARP Ohio advocacy volunteer, simply e-mail us and tell us which of the above opportunities interest you most.
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