Press Releases

U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI-4) recently met with administrators and seniors during a visit to the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) of Central Michigan in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Earlier this month, the congressman introduced the PACE Expanded Act, which will improve care for Michigan seniors.

Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) today introduced the PACE Part D Choice Act, which would reduce prescription drug costs for seniors enrolled in Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).

The National PACE Association (NPA) applauds U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12) and John Moolenaar (R-MI-4) for introducing the PACE Expanded Act of 2022 (H.R. 9209) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, which seeks to accelerate the capacity and reach of the existing 148 Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organizations and spur the establishment of new ones, is the House companion to Senate bill 2636, which was introduced earlier this year by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), chair of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), ranking member of the committee.

The National PACE Association (NPA) and representatives of several Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) testified before the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, which provides guidance to the secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

September is National PACE Month. Throughout the month, PACE programs across the country will host events to highlight the power of PACE in transforming care for seniors. This year’s theme is “PACE: This Is the Place for Me.” PACE staff and enrollees share their stories of how PACE has impacted their lives. The campaign highlights video testimonials by van driver Esteban Escobedo, of On Lok PACE, in San Francisco, CA; nurse Mellisa Russell and participant Richard Plummer, of Trinity Health PACE, in Philadelphia, PA; and member assistant Rosalyn Marovich, of Senior LIFE, a PACE program in Pennsylvania.

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), with their focus on keeping participants at home and in the community, are safer than nursing home care. The rate that PACE enrollees have contracted the virus or died as a result of it is one-third the rate of nursing home residents, according to the National PACE Association (NPA).