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U.S. Senate Special
Committee on Aging
G31 Dirksen Senate
Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5364
Fax: 202-224-8660
mailbox@aging.senate.gov

Welcome to our website!

As Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, I look forward to continuing to work for you during the second session of the 108th Congress during 2004.

We have just passed historic improvements to Medicare and added a much needed prescription drug benefit. Now we must turn our focus on strengthening Social Security, examining ways to improve the Older Americans Act, and continue our work on long-term care, just to name a few. I hope you will return here often!

11/16/04 - CRAIG CALLS FOR PASSAGE OF THE FLU PROTECTION ACT

(Washington, DC) At a hearing today on the nation’s flu vaccine situation, U.S. Sen. Larry Craig (R-... (more)

11/16/04 - NEW TIME - COORDINATES FOR SATELLITE FEED ON FLU VACCINE SITUATION

(Washington, DC) U.S. Senator Larry Craig will chair a hearing today on the flu vaccine. (more)

11/15/04 - * HEARING ROOM CHANGED * FDA CHIEF TO TESTIFY AT AGING COMMITTEE HEARING ON FLU VACCINES

(Washington, DC) Chairman Larry Craig announced today that the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Agin... (more)

11/09/04 - MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER INTERNS ON AGING COMMITTEE STAFF

(Washington, DC) Interns come and go on Capitol Hill. Many are political science majors, earning ex... (more)

Link - WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON AGING

PDF - GOA report -- GUARDIANSHIPS: Collaboration Needed to Protect Incapacitated Elderly People

PDF - GAO Report -- Transportation-Disadvantaged Seniors: Efforts to Enhance Senior Mobility Could Benefit from Additional Guidance and Information

PDF - GAO Report -- Social Security: Reform Proposals Could Have a Variety of Effects on Distribution of Benefits and Payroll Taxes

PDF - GAO Report -- SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM: Administrative Costs for Individual Accounts Depend on System Design

PDF - GAO Report -- NURSING HOME FIRE SAFETY -- Recent Fires Highlight Weaknesses in Federal Standards and Oversight

PDF - GAO Report -- Internet Pharmacies: Some Pose Safety Risks for Consumers

PDF - CBO report -- A Detailed Description of CBO's Cost Estimate for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit

Link - Seniors, for help with your 2003 taxes, click HERE --- NOTE: Our publication about your 2004 taxes should be available around February 2005

Link - Sen. Craig's Medicare Health Conference, held in February in Boise, Idaho

Link - MEDICARE DRUG DISCOUNT CARD TIP SHEET

PDF - Majority staff analysis of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security

Video - To watch a video about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, click "HERE."

PDF - CBO report -- Long-Term Analysis of Plan 2 of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security

Link - CBO Report -- How Pension Financing Affects Returns to Different Generations

Link - CBO Report -- Administrative Costs of Private Accounts in Social Security

11/15/04 - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 2004 financial results

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's insurance program for pension plans sponsored by a single... (more)

11/15/04 - Army tests flu vaccine half-doses

WASHINGTON (Army News Service) – Army researchers are studying whether half doses of vaccine can pre... (more)

11/09/04 - CDC and States Announce Plan to Distribute 10.3 Million Flu Shots Nationwide

Working closely with public health officials nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent... (more)

11/09/04 - MEDICARE PREVENTIVE BENEFITS BEGIN JANUARY 2005 WITH A GOAL OF HEALTHIER SENIORS

America’s seniors will soon have new benefits that will help them live healthier lives, including Me... (more)