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Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, “ask ACB Media to play 5.”
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Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, “ask ACB Media to play 5.”
All times listed are in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, “ask ACB Media to play 5.”
All times listed are in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, “ask ACB Media to play 5.”
All times listed are in Eastern.
Join your Community Morning Crew for the question of the day; reading of the daily schedule; and sharing time.
Say to your Amazon device, “ask ACB Media to play 5.”
The Senate recently reintroduced the Older Americans Reauthorization Act. The reauthorization was slotted to go through in the last Congressional session, but never made it all the way through. Now, in the 119th Congress, we need to urge Congress to pass the bill. The Older Americans Act, which has been around since 1965, provides various services to people over the age of 60 to ensure they receive needed services.
On Wednesday, June 18, the Senate reintroduced the Older Americans Reauthorization Act. The OAA was last reauthorized in 2020. Congress had worked to reauthorize it in the last Congressional session, but was unsuccessful. ACB follows the bill closely because of the large number of aging Americans who are likely to lose vision. ACB has and continues to advocate for more provisions of the bill to include vision services for the aging community. ACB thanks our affiliate, AAVL, for there strong advocacy on this issue.
As many know, Congress is in the process of passing a reconciliation bill that includes potential cuts to Medicaid services. ACB previously reported that the House had finished its version and passed it onto the Senate to discuss. This week, a draft of the Senate’s version of the bill was released. ACB is now reading through the text to better understand what the potential implications of the Senate version will be. Please stay tuned as we learn more about the new version of the bill.
Two bills have been introduced to provide early vision tests to young children in hopes of diagnosing vision disabilities earlier in life. Children could then receive needed services at a young age to help them be more successful later in life. Please reach out to Congress to support these two bills.