One of the highlights of my job at Genesis HealthCare during the past year has been my involvement in politics. Today, I was honored to meet Senator Arlen Specter (R), Pennsylvania's senior senator.
Although I am a die-hard Democrat, it was a pleasure to meet the Senator, who is a Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee. He was presented with the "Protect Our Seniors" award by Genesis, honoring his fight to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and medical research for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer, heart disease and more. He has supported expanded health care for seniors and children, as well as legislation to cover Americans who do not have health insurance.
Late last summer, it was a pleasure for me to be a part of Genesis' "Protect Our Seniors Campaign", where I accompanied our Vice President of Government Relations Larry Lane on a whirlwind van tour through Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. (The van traveled without me to West Virginia and Maine.)
The campaign was developed to educate and mobilize our staff, residents and their families, and the community about potential cuts, at the time, proposed for Medicare funding to skilled nursing facilities. Thousands of signatures were gathered in a petition against the cuts, which were eventually curtailed. For more information, see the brochure I put together for Larry to distribute to members of Congress. It contains reprints of the daily reports and photos filed for publication on our intranet news page.
(l to r) Larry Lane, Health Care Association of New Jersey's Director of Government Affairs John Indyk, and me in August, 2007.
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