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04/10/2025
Day on the Hill Review
LeadingAge Ohio staff and association members took to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, April 9, to meet with Ohio’s US Senators and members of the Ohio Congressional delegation as part of the 2025 LeadingAge Leadership Summit in Washington D.C. The Ohio team met with the offices of Senators Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno, and Representatives Joyce Beatty, Shontel Brown, Jim Jordan, Michael Rulli, Mike Carey, Bob Latta, and Mike Turner. Specifically, the Ohio team focused on 1. The future of Medicaid funding, in light of Congress’s goals to cut $880 billion from the budget, 2. The importance of tax-exempt state and local bonds to financing capital projects for non-profit organizations, and 3. Interruptions caused by the upheaval in administrative agencies, resulting from DOGE-driven reductions in force, as well as other programs that are in jeopardy, like the Green Retrofit Program (GRRP) that has ostensibly been cancelled by the Trump Administration.
Advocates also had the opportunity to share the good news of the nursing home staffing rule being vacated earlier in the week, which had been a primary topic of advocacy over the past two years.
LeadingAge Ohio extends its gratitude to member organizations Graceworks, Jennings, National Church Residences, Ohio Masonic Homes, Otterbein SeniorLife, United Church Homes, and United Medical Supply for their involvement in Hill Day. To see photos from the day, visit this LinkedIn post.