It’s Time to Advocate for the Issues Affecting Home Care and Hospice

Dear Colleague:

We Need to Keep Up the Fight for Americaís Future!

The year 2010 unequivocally reinforced the importance of engaging lawmakers in Washington, D.C. when it comes to health care and the particular needs of home care and hospice providers, with the concerted congressional efforts in that vein. In unprecedented fashion, NAHC held more in-person advocacy events here in the Nationís Capital than ever before, recognizing that it is necessary to connect with legislators face-to-face and share the stories that only hospice and home care providers can. The President and Congressí belief that controlling health care costs is vital to the health of the economy means that changes will be made, and NAHC and its members have worked hard to continue to emphasize the high value and quality that home care and hospice providers deliver to their patients every day.

For years, weíve worked to educate members of Congress about home careís ability to transform and right a system out of balance, and what it means to patients across the United States. The nationís problems with the spiraling costs of health care didnít happen overnight, and they wonít be corrected overnight. All the while, the face of the nation has been shifting dramatically with the burgeoning elder population, and along with this changing construct must come new paradigms within health care and an emphasis on high-quality, cost-effective care delivered in the home and community, keeping patients where they prefer to be and with their loved ones.