2024 Conference
Join us in San Francisco, and via livestreaming sessions, for a conference that educates and empowers long-term care consumers and consumer advocates.
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Long-Term Care ConsumersFamily MembersAdvocatesConsumer Voice sent a letter to the House Committee on Energy & Commerce’s Health Subcommittee voicing opposition to the Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act (H.R. 468) and the Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 3227).
News ArticleRead Consumer Voice’s summary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ long-awaited final rule implementing a minimum staffing standard in nursing homes.
News ArticleThis week Consumer Voice is celebrating long-term care resident advocacy. Bringing the voice of residents and family members to the policy and advocacy tables is powerful!
News ArticleIn the coming days, the House of Representatives will be considering H.R. 7513, a bill that would prohibit federal regulators from ever creating rules about safe staffing in nursing homes. Send a letter to your member of Congress telling them to oppose this bill.
Take ActionUse our step-by-step instructions to submit simple comments on CMS’s proposed minimum staffing rule in nursing homes.
Take ActionContact your member of Congress to urge them to stand with nursing home residents, their families, and nursing home workers and support a strong minimum staffing standard in nursing homes.
Take ActionHave you taken all three of our recent actions? 1) Schedule a Visit; 2) Send a Message; 3) Make a Phone Call
Action UpdateA provision to require at least one registered nurse 24 hours a day has been added to the four critical provisions included in the most recent version of the Build Back Better Act. Contact your members of Congress to ensure all provisions will be included.
Action UpdateCongress has heard your voice! Important nursing home provisions were included in the most recent version of the Build Back Better Act. However, the inclusion of the provisions in the final bill is not ensured.
Action Update