Seniors
Information regarding my stance on Seniors' issues.
Beaverton, OR – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici spoke with LGBTQ seniors and advocates today about her legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) and emphasized how the bill recognizes the needs of LGBTQ seniors.
Bonamici held a roundtable discussion at Friendly House in Portland to discuss the bill. Her reauthorization legislation includes new provisions for LGBTQ seniors, who are more likely to live in poverty and lack a family support system.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici criticized the bill that the House of Representatives voted on today to address the “doc-fix,” the sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula used to reimburse physicians who treat Medicare patients.
The bill would fix the SGR, but it also includes an amendment that delays a critical part of the Affordable Care Act, a law that is already protecting insurers from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions and providing other critical consumer protections.
Washington, D.C. — Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) today introduced legislation to better protect the country’s seniors. The bill reauthorizes the Older Americans Act (OAA) – which expired in 2011 – and includes new provisions that offer additional support to seniors.
Beaverton, Ore.— Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici emphasized the importance of Meals on Wheels while packing and delivering meals today in Washington County. Bonamici assisted volunteers and hand-delivered meals to seniors in Beaverton.
Last year, Meals on Wheels served more than 250,000 meals to more than 4,000 seniors in Washington County. About 88 percent of those recipients are homebound and ten percent live at or below the poverty level.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today voted against a bill that would remove 4 million Americans from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. She opposed the $39 billion cut, citing the devastating impact it would have on families still struggling to earn a living wage following the recent recession. Bonamici also opposed a $20 billion cut to the program that was considered in June as part of the 2013 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (H.R. 1947). That bill was defeated by a significant bipartisan majority.
St. Helens, Ore. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) today visited the St. Helens Senior Center to talk with seniors about cuts to federally funded home-delivered nutrition programs, like Meals on Wheels. Automatic across-the-board spending cuts will result in 7,000 fewer meals served by the Community Action Team program in Columbia, Clatsop, and Tillamook counties. Bonamici has sponsored legislation to repeal the cuts and will soon lead efforts to pass a continuation of the Older Americans Act, which authorizes the program.