John,

Last month, when inflation was 8.5% over the previous year, the increase in prices was costing the average U.S. household $327 per month. From rising drug prices to the cost of home care services, we need Congress to act to help seniors cope with increasing prices.

Sign the petition and demand Congress fight for seniors, lower costs, and put money in people’s pockets.

It’s been more than a year since Congress passed the last COVID relief package. Since then, we’ve seen rising prices knock out any wealth gains seniors and families have made. Corporations, such as the greedy pharmaceutical industry, have used the pandemic and inflation as an excuse to raise prices. It’s time for Congress to act!

Join the Coalition on Human Needs and our national allies in demanding Congress fight for seniors.

Thank you for all that you do for the aging, for people with disabilities, and for working families across the country.

Nicolai Haddal
Field and Events Manager, Coalition on Human Needs

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John,

Seniors have been hardest-hit by the pandemic, first dying at the highest rates, now struggling to make ends meet on fixed incomes while corporate greed drives up prices. Congress must take action right now to lower prescription drug prices and expand home care services.

President Biden has called for historic investments in our families and communities―including investments important for seniors that will lower skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs and help millions of people deal with inflation on everything from food to housing to health care.

Click here to sign the petition and demand Congress fight for seniors!

Among those critical reforms needed, Congress must lower the cost of prescription drugs and allow Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies. Already this year, Big Pharma has increased the price of nearly 450 life-saving and life-sustaining drugs.

And we need to expand home care services for the aging and people with disabilities to keep people in their homes and active in their communities. Every day, another 10,000 people turn 65. Hundreds of thousands of people are on waiting lists for home and community based services. A new economic and health bill must provide more affordable home care while ensuring that home care workers get decent pay.

Sign the petition demanding Congress fight for seniors by prioritizing policies that help seniors cope with rising costs while keeping them healthy, in their homes, and in their communities.

Thank you for taking action today,

Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs