"Repeal CLASS Working Group" Report is Wrong
For Immediate Release
Contact: Lauren Shaham, (202) 508-1219, lshaham@leadingage.org
WASHINGTON - What we read in
today’s report about the Community Living Assistance Services and Support (CLASS) Act is wrong. These concerns were addressed in 2009 and the questions raised about CLASS have been asked and answered. The emails referenced in the report were written before the Gregg Amendment required the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary to ensure the solvency of the CLASS Act.
The CLASS Act passed because it is the right thing for America to do and it is what Americans want. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation/ Harvard poll found that
76% of Americans supported the CLASS Act.
We should let HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius design the CLASS Act before we rip it down. Without an alternative, how else will our country solve the crisis in paying for long-term services and supports?