The Leadership Conference provides a powerful unified voice for the many constituencies of the coalition: persons of color, women, children, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ individuals, older Americans, labor unions, major religious groups, civil libertarians, and human rights organizations. Philip Randolph, Arnold Aronson, and Roy Wilkins, The Leadership Conference works in support of policies that further the goal of equality under law through legislative advocacy and public education. The Leadership Conference is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 210 national organizations to promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States. Thank you for the opportunity to testify about planning and preparations for the 2020 Census. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORMĬhairman Gowdy, Ranking Member Cummings, and Members of the Committee: I am Vanita Gupta, president & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS I thank the witnesses for joining us today and I look forward to hearing their testimony.STATEMENT OF VANITA GUPTA, PRESIDENT & CEO As a proud supporter of the Affordable Care Act, which contained essential funding and new tools for agencies to fight health care fraud, I am especially pleased that the HEAT initiative has recently expanded to Chicago. I note that in February a multi agency anti-fraud effort, coordinated under the auspices of the Administration's Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team-known as HEAT, resulted in criminal charges being brought against 111 individuals who allegedly defrauded the Medicare program out of $225 million dollars through false billing claims and kickback operations. It is clear to this Member that Republican leadership has given messaging orders to its rank-and-file for its campaign to slash Medicare and Medicaid.Ĭertainly targeting waste and abuse in Medicare and in Medicaid is an important and bipartisan effort. For the record, this is the fourth hearing in a row in the House on this topic with three identical hearings held in recent weeks by the Energy and House Committee, the Committee on Ways and Means, and, finally, the Committee on Appropriations. ![]() I am concerned that today's hearing reportedly focused on "Waste, Abuse, and Mismanagement in Government Health Care" is less about constructive proposals to fight fraud and is more about the House Republican leadership's campaign to cut Medicare and Medicaid. ![]() In 2009, over 365,000 Americans were on waiting lists in 39 states to join the 3 million aged and disabled individuals receiving long-term care services in nursing homes and in home health care settings. Make no mistake, a repeal of the Affordable Care Act and deficit reduction proposals targeting Medicare and Medicaid will equate to an assault aimed at women, the sick, and the poor. At a time when thirteen million older Americans are considered economically-insecure and our constituents are grappling with unemployment and the effects of the economic downturn, I am at a loss when some in Congress are pushing to reduce or eliminate basic health care services for vulnerable Americans.
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