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AARP’s LeaMond: We’ll Fight Hard to Protect New Rules for Retirement Security, Nursing Home Staffing
Our chief advocacy and engagement officer spoke at a White House event to mark the end of Older Americans Month.
We urged federal lawmakers to add routine dental coverage to Medicare and to allow dental therapists to provide basic dental services, especially in rural areas.
The law strengthens state oversight over unregulated third-party electric and gas suppliers suppliers and includes price protections for consumers.
AARP is fighting an effort to overturn a new federal rule requiring financial professionals to put retirement savers' interests ahead of their own.
The legislation would require paid sick time for nearly every worker in the state by 2027 and allow it to be used to care for parents and other close relatives.
A total of 27 states have now passed AARP-backed laws to protect consumers from brokers trading small cash payments for the future right to sell their home.
The requirements call for a registered nurse to be on-site around the clock to provide skilled care, among other changes.
State utility regulators will create rules to prevent utilities from disconnecting power during periods of dangerously hot weather.
A bill introduced in the Senate would would cover more Medicare patients for short-term rehab in a skilled nursing facility after hospitalization.