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Since her election to Congress, Representative Carolyn Maloney has worked to get senior citizens the care and resources they need and deserve.
In particular, she’s sought to ensure that seniors can continue to live in their own communities, close to family and friends. As part of that effort, Rep. Maloney secured federal funding for numerous senior housing developments in her district, including Carnegie East Houses, Riverview Gardens, Archbishop Iacovos Senior Residence, George Douris Tower, the Vallone Family Senior Residence, PCA Senior Residence and the Stein Senior Center.
In addition, Rep. Maloney has been a tireless advocate for Medicare and Social Security, ensuring they remain strong and reliable for seniors. From opposing plans to privatize Social Security or change the benefit-calculation formula to fighting for a meaningful Medicare prescription drug benefit for all, she constantly pushes Congress to strengthen and improve these essential programs.
In New York, Congresswoman Maloney’s dedicated casework staff helps seniors every day with Social Security claims, housing, and other essential services. If you or someone you know requires assistance, please visit this page for more information.
Legislation
06/08/99 - H.R.2062, Financial Privacy Act Amendments of 1999 [106th Congress]
07/22/99 - H.R.2590, Elder Abuse Identification and Referral Act of 1998 [106th Congress]
04/01/98 - H.R.3624, Elder Abuse Idenitification and Referral Act of 1998 [105th Congress]
05/18/93 - H.R.2145, National Senior Citizens Pet Ownership Protection Act [103rd Congress]
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Washington, DC - Late Thursday night and into Friday morning, the House of Representatives voted on a Republican bill that subsidizes insurance companies and does not guarantee specific benefits to seniors who need prescription drugs. The bill passed 221 to 208. The Republicans debated their bill without allowing Democrats to propose any amendments or substitutes. Seniors can check to see how much money they would have saved with the Democratic plan versus the Republican plan by accessing
New York City, NY - NYC seniors are paying some of the highest prescription drug prices in the developed world, forcing them to choose between life-altering or even life-saving treatments and necessities such as food or rent, according to a new international study conducted by the offices of Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D - Manhattan & Queens) and Anthony Wiener (D-Queens & Brooklyn). The study, which was prepared in conjunction with the Special Investigations Division of the House Committee on Government Reform, revealed that NYC Seniors pay substantially more for the same medications than seniors in other countries.
NEW YORK: Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney joined caregivers, seniors, and members of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) today at the Florence Nightingale Health Care Center in the Upper East Side to draw attention to the long-term care staffing crisis facing New York's nursing homes and to build support for a solution. Excerpts from Representative Maloney's remarks at the event follow:
Please view the report below.
New York's Nursing Home Enforcement Has Been Inadequate
Prepared for Rep. Louise M. Slaughter
and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney
Minority Staff
Special Investigations Division
Committee on Government Reform
U.S. House of Representatives
March 12, 2001
NEW YORK - Today, at the East Side Animal Hospital, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-Manhattan, Queens) released a study revealing a whopping 150% price differential between prescriptions sold to humans on one hand and animals on another. At the press conference beleaguered New Yorkers - many of them seniors on Medicare - explained that they are unable to afford the skyrocketing prices for their prescription medications. Meanwhile, local veterinarians detailed just how inexpensive the same drugs are for cats and dogs.
"I want to begin by thanking Martha McSteen, former acting director of the Social Security Administration and president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Sara Burger, National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, Burton Fretz, Executive Director of the National Senior Citizens Law Center, and Cindy Wade from the Office of Elder Rights and Protection of Northwest Georgia, for being here today.