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The Better Care Better Jobs Act would expand access to long-term care, enabling older adults, people with disabilities to receive quality care and remain in their...

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is announcing that his ABLE Age Adjustment Act has passed the Senate via the Fiscal Year 2023 spending bill. Senator...

More than 5 million adults aged 60 and older experienced food insecurity in 2020 Committee hearing highlights bipartisan report documenting 50 years of the Older Americans Act...

The Committee’s December 15 hearing on older adult nutrition recognized the impact of federal nutrition assistance programs in reducing hunger among older adults while...

The COVID-19 pandemic increased reliance on the internet to access basic services, but many people with disabilities are locked out of essential information due to inaccessible...

In response to Casey, colleagues’ bipartisan letter in June, Dept. of Justice commits to prepare report in compliance with federal accessibility law Chairman Casey,...

Report: 33 to 50 percent of all use-of-force instances involve people with mental health disabilities Bill is third in suite of legislation aimed at improving interactions between...

Washington, D.C – Today, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bob Casey (D-PA) applauded the Biden Administration’s announcement to provide seniors with an...

Casey leads letter to VA after the agency provided a response to his June 2022 letter, urging the agency to accelerate fixes and increase transparency after uncovering major...

Every day, more than 115 Americans overdose and die from opioid misuse Casey bill would help Americans with opioid use disorder afford medication, access outpatient...

In August 2022, Democrats in Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to lower health care and prescription drug costs for seniors, people with disabilities and families...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Chairman Bob Casey (D-Pa.) held a hearing titled “Stopping Senior...

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) delivered the following opening remarks at the committee’s hearing...

In 2021, the Federal Trade Commission found that older adults reportedly lost over $1 billion to scammers Federal advisory council created by Committee’s Stop Senior Scams...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is pushing for information on how staffing shortages at state survey agencies are affecting their ability to ensure the...

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Aging Committee Members Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Senator Marco...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is leading a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), pushing the agency to better protect users of...

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1.7 million adults with a disability ages 25 to 64 do not have bank accounts Casey’s ABLE Act, passed into law in 2014, allows people with disabilities to save while...

Casey held Aging Committee hearing on federal government web accessibility, led bipartisan oversight letters to Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Justice calling for...