{"id":1054989,"date":"2025-07-14T15:18:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1054989"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:18:05","slug":"dnc-statement-on-the-older-americans-act-60th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-the-older-americans-act-60th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on the Older Americans Act 60th Anniversary\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement on the 60th anniversary of the Older Americans Act:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c2025 marks 60 years since a historic turning point for American seniors. In 1965, before Democrats created Medicare and Medicaid to provide health and long-term care services, they passed the Older Americans Act (OAA) \u2014 a landmark law that established critical financial, medical, and civil rights protections for older Americans and their families. Thanks to the OAA, Democrats have been able to honor that commitment and ensure that Americans can age with dignity and financial security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause of Donald Trump\u2019s \u2018Big Beautiful Bill\u2019, millions of American parents and grandparents are at risk of losing this care. Livesaving programs like Medicaid and Medicare used to be cornerstones of American progress, but Trump\u2019s budget rips away those very programs. Trump proudly passed this bill, which puts 17 million Americans at risk of losing their Medicaid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDemocrats are fighting for your grandparents, your parents, and the caretakers who support them. As we recognize the contributions of older Americans, we must also protect their hard-earned livelihoods. Whether it\u2019s lowering prescription drug costs, addressing the unique health risks seniors face, or defending Social Security and Medicare from Republican attacks, Democrats will do what\u2019s right by our older Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement on the 60th anniversary of the Older Americans Act: \u201c2025 marks 60 years since a historic turning point for American seniors. In 1965, before Democrats created Medicare and Medicaid to provide health and long-term care services, they passed the Older Americans Act (OAA) \u2014 a landmark law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1054989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on the Older Americans Act 60th Anniversary\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-the-older-americans-act-60th-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-14T19:18:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-the-older-americans-act-60th-anniversary\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-the-older-americans-act-60th-anniversary\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on the Older Americans Act 60th Anniversary\u00a0 - 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