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		<title>Calling All Supporters of the CLASS Program!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We wanted to make you all aware that LeadingAge is making its Congressional call-in line available through the end of the day tomorrow for people to call Congress and urge them not to repeal CLASS.
As you know, there has been a lot of news related to the CLASS program that has come out in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hchcw.org/archives/calling-all-supporters-of-the-class-program</link>
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		<title>Tell the Super Committee to Reject Medicaid Cuts!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Medicaid provides critical supports for millions of people in the U.S., including 3 million elders and people with disabilities. It&#8217;s also a major funder of jobs for direct-care workers.
Yet a congressional &#8220;super committee&#8221; threatens to slash Medicaid&#8217;s budget, robbing those people of necessary care &#8212; and killing jobs for the workers who provide that care.
PHI [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hchcw.org/archives/tell-the-super-committee-to-reject-medicaid-cuts</link>
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		<title>Tell Congress We Need Jobs, Not Cuts!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tens of millions of people in the U.S. are unable to find work.
The national poverty level is at a 52-year high.
And a &#8220;super committee&#8221; of federal lawmakers is set to propose more than $1 trillion worth of budget cuts to numerous critical programs, including Medicaid.
The time to act is now, and it has never been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hchcw.org/archives/tell-congress-we-need-jobs-not-cuts</link>
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		<title>Rally to Defend Medicaid Next Week!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Show your support for Medicaid by joining thousands of advocates at a Capitol Hill rally next Wednesday, September 21!
Nearly 60 organizations, including PHI, are sponsoring the rally to send a message to Congress: My Medicaid Matters!
The need to support Medicaid has never been more important. A newly formed Congressional &#8220;super committee&#8221; has been tasked with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hchcw.org/archives/rally-for-medicaid-next-week</link>
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		<title>Why Medicaid Matters to the Congressional &#8220;Super Committee&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The congressional &#8220;Super Committee&#8221; tasked with proposing $1.5 trillion in federal budget cuts meets for the first time tomorrow &#8212; and it looks like they have Medicaid firmly in their sights.
A new PHI fact sheet, &#8220;Medicaid Matters&#8230;in Super Committee Deficit Reduction Deliberations&#8221; (pdf), explains why the Super Committee will likely focus on Medicaid for deep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hchcw.org/archives/why-medicaid-matters-to-the-congressional-super-committee</link>
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		<title>Four Reasons To Save the CLASS Act</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Support the CLASS Act on July 26 by calling 888-785-9795!
The Community Living Assistance and Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, which many of you worked so hard to help create, is under threat of repeal and we need your help to save it.
Congressional Call-In for CLASS
On Tuesday, a large group of national organizations is hosting a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hchcw.org/archives/four-reasons-to-save-the-class-act</link>
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		<title>Speak Out Against Harsh Cuts to the Federal Budget!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Decisions are being made in Washington that could deny tens of millions of the most vulnerable Americans access to long-term care as well as medical care, nutrition aid, housing, education, and much, much more &#8211; and threaten our nation&#8217;s economic security for decades to come.
This is your chance to speak out.
Your senators and representative are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hchcw.org/archives/speak-out-against-harsh-cuts-to-the-federal-budget</link>
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		<title>Tell Your Congressional Representatives: Don&#8217;t Cut Medicaid!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer is heating up and so is the political landscape in Washington. Congress is debating how to balance the budget &#8212; and they need to hear from you. Don&#8217;t let Congress get away with cutting health care for seniors and our most vulnerable families.
Now is the time to weigh in with your members of Congress. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hchcw.org/archives/tell-your-congressional-representatives-dont-cut-medicaid</link>
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		<title>HHS Reduces Premiums, Lowers Eligiblity Requirements for Pre-Exisiting Condition Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that premiums for the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plans (PCIPs) will drop as much as 40 percent in 18 states, and eligibility standards will be eased in 23 states and D.C., beginning July 1, 2011.
Depending on the state in which they live, some PCIP [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hchcw.org/archives/hhs-reduces-premiums-lowers-eligiblity-requirements-for-pre-exisiting-condition-plans</link>
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		<title>Why Medicaid Matters&#8230;and What You Can Do to Help Save It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In light of proposals by Congressional Republicans to slash Medicaid funding, PHI is publishing a series of fact sheets outlining the crucial role Medicaid plays in the lives of direct-care workers and the families they care for.
Both fact sheets address recent Congressional proposals to convert Medicaid to a block grant, which would shift the burden [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hchcw.org/archives/why-medicaid-matters-and-what-you-can-do-to-help-save-it</link>
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