Sequestration Call-In: Restore the Funds!

Please call 866-898-2624 and tell Congress how sequestration will affect the people you serve, many of whom are physically or mentally frail, with limited financial resources. 

The automatic spending cuts went into effect on March 1, which means the following for the field of aging services:

• Medicare reimbursement to health care providers will be cut by 2%. These cuts will amount to an $11 billion cut in Medicare spending.
  
  
• A 5.1% cut in Section 202 housing funding, amounting to $18 million.
  
  
• The Administration on Aging, which manages Older Americans Act programs, would get a 5.1% cut, amounting to $86.7 million.

Your legislators need to hear from you. Please call Congress today: 866-898-2624

What to tell your Legislators about Sequestration

• Please do everything possible to restore the funds cut under sequestration and ensure that our most vulnerable elders do not have to bear the brunt of federal budget deficit reduction. Funding for Older Americans Act programs and Section 202 housing have been cut by 5.1%. Cuts of this magnitude, if allowed to remain in effect, will leave thousands of seniors without basic housing, nutrition and other essential services.

Sequestration Social Media Campaigns

Below are some of the messages that you can share via social media.

Facebook and LinkedIn
You can share this page on your LinkedIn or Facebook pages: http://www.leadingage.org/call_congress.aspx 

Twitter
You can post a tweet about the call-in. We encourage you to create your own (please include #Sequestration), or use 1 of the tweets below.

Example Tweets: 

• Tell Congress to restore the funds cut under #sequestration: 866-898-2624
• Join the @LeadingAge Call-In Campaign. Tell Congress to restore the funds cut under #sequestration: 866-898-2624
• Restore the cuts! Call Congress today! 866-898-2624 #Sequestration