Friday, March 27, 2009

Jewish Organizations Urge “Fiscal Discipline” and LTC Reform at PHInational.org

 

Jewish Organizations Urge “Fiscal Discipline” and LTC Reform at PHInational.org

Nineteen national Jewish organizations and nearly 90 local ones have signed a letter to the U.S. Congress that urges “fiscal discipline” in crafting the FY2010 budget and singles out long-term care as one of the areas most in need of attention in the push for comprehensive health care reform.

The letter points out the Jewish community’s longstanding commitment to ending poverty and applauds “President Obama’s pledge to fix our broken healthcare system and his commitment to safeguarding funding for the most vulnerable members of our society during these unprecedented economic times”…..

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