Senator Herbert Kohl
The Retooling the Health Care Workforce for an Aging America Act, originally introduced by Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), chairman of the Special Committee on Aging, has picked up two new sponsors in the Senate — Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and Bob Casey (D-PA), and a lead sponsor in the House of Representatives — Jan Schakowsky (D-IL).
The bill aims to address the impending shortage of health care workers who are adequately trained and prepared to care for older Americans and incorporates major recommendations put forth in an Institute of Medicine report released in April 2008. Read the full story
