U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

Collins, Casey Bill to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Heads to President’s Desk to be Signed Into Law

Collins, Casey Bill to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Heads to President’s Desk to be Signed Into Law

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Academy Award-Winning Actress Marcia Gay Harden Testifies at Senate Aging Committee Hearing on Alzheimer’s Disease
At a Senate Aging Committee hearing today on the human and economic toll of Alzheimer's disease, hundreds of advocates packed the audience, forming a "sea of purple." The hearing, titled "Changing the Trajectory of Alzheimer's: Reducing Risk, Detecting Early Symptoms, and Improving Data," explored the need to reduce the personal and financial burden on individuals, families, and society through a multi-faceted public health approach that will reduce risk, increase early detection and diagnosis, improve data collection, and better support those living with the disease. U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Bob Casey are the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Aging Committee.
Casey, Collins Bill to Improve Senior Food Box Program Clears Key Hurdle
Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME), leaders of the Special Committee on Aging, applauded the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee's passage of the Nourishing Our Golden Years Act, which would streamline the recertification process and reduce burden on states in the administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), also known as the Senior Food Box Program. The legislation was passed out of committee as part of the Senate's bipartisan 2018 Farm Bill.
Resolution Authored by Senators Collins, Casey Designating May 15 as National Senior Fraud Awareness Day Clears Senate
- U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bob Casey (D-PA), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Aging Committee, announced that their bipartisan resolution designating May 15, 2018, as National Senior Fraud Awareness Day passed the U.S. Senate unanimously.
Senate Aging Committee Leaders Remind Scam Victims of Claiming Deadline for Western Union Refund
Following a joint investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Western Union agreed to pay $586 million and admitted to aiding and abetting wire fraud. The DOJ is now using that money to provide compensation to victims who were scammed and used Western Union services to pay con artists.
Seniors Struggling with Opioid Misuse: Senate Aging Committee Examines Opioid Crisis’ Effect on Older Americans
In 2016, one in three people with Medicare Part D-14.4 million beneficiaries-received an opioid prescription, 500,000 received high amounts of opioids, and 90,000 were at "serious risk" of misuse or overdose according to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration also reported that opioid misuse doubled between 2002 and 2014 among Americans ages 50 and older.

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Susan M. Collins (R-ME)

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Bob Casey (D-PA)

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