Statement For the Record Submitted to the Senate Finance Committee on Reforming America's Health Care Delivery System

Abstract

AARP appreciates the opportunity to share with the Committee our priorities for delivery system reform in health care reform legislation. We commend Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Grassley for their bipartisan leadership and commitment to enacting comprehensive health care reform legislation this year.

AARP has identified four primary goals for health care reform: ensuring Americans age 50 to 64 have a choice of affordable health care plans; strengthening Medicare for current and future generations by lowering health care costs and improving benefits; ensuring both the benefits and the cost of health reform is shared by Americans of all generations; and helping people to stay in their homes and out of often more costly institutions.