How Federal Policy Shapes Economic Security for Older Adults

The American Society on Aging will hold a webinar exploring how legislative changes – especially the Older Americans Act, the Big Beautiful Bill, and Social Security adjustments – may impact older adults, even when they are not the intended policy targets.

The webinar will discuss how eligibility rules, documentation requirements, and reporting burdens can create barriers to benefits and how policy shifts can influence housing stability, consumer debt, and caregiving supports. Speakers will also review potential policy solutions, including simplifying eligibility and documentation across aging-related programs, expanding automatic enrollment for means-tested benefits, and funding the Older Americans Act at levels that sustain caregiving and housing stability.

Speakers:

• Orion Bell, President and CEO, Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
• Robert Blancato, Executive Director, National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs
• Judith Kozlowski, Senior Fellow, Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement, and Independent Elder Justice Consultant

Date: Wednesday, January 28, at 2:00 p.m.