Do Not Repeal CLASS

Contact your Members of Congress and ask them to continue the dialogue and the development of a plan for long-term care.

“The CLASS Act may not be perfect, but repealing this important long-term care law without a real alternative in place ignores the needs of millions of seniors, people with disabilities, and their caregivers, leaving them out in the cold,” Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) said after the House Ways and Means Committee vote. 

Interestingly, both supporters of the CLASS Act and supporters of repeal agreed that there needs to be a real discussion of how to finance long-term services and supports, but they differ on how to do so. 

During the Ways and Means Committee debate, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) asked his committee colleagues “to work together on a bipartisan solution” to the problem and to “replace not repeal.”