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SUMMARY:What the Midterms Mean for Older Adults
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin nationally recognized aging policy leader Bob Blancato for a nonpartisan conversation about how the 2026 midterm elections may shape policies affecting older adults and caregivers. From healthcare and long-term care to federal funding and aging services\, this session will help you understand the issues\, opportunities\, and challenges ahead. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n	Speaker\n	\n\n\n		\n				\n					\n				\n					\n						\n							\n								\n																		\n																	\n							\n							\n								\n									Robert “Bob” Blancato									President\, Matz\, Blancato and Associates; National Coordinator of the Elder Justice Coalition 																		\n										Robert Blancato Robert “Bob” Blancato is the National Coordinator of the bipartisan 3000-member Elder Justice Coalition. He is also President of Matz\, Blancato and Associates\, the Executive Director of the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs\, and the National Coordinator of the Defeat Malnutrition Today coalition. \n \nBob has long been recognized as a national advocate with policy expertise on behalf of older adults. He has testified numerous times before House and Senate Committees\, most recently in 2022 before the House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee. \n \nBob’s prior work history includes 17 years as a staffer in Congress and an appointment by President Clinton to be the Executive Director of the 1995 White House Conference on Aging\, one of four he has participated in. He is a member of the Senior Executive Service. \n \nAs a volunteer\, he currently serves as second vice chair of the AARP board and is also on the AARP Foundation\, and the board of the National Hispanic Council on Aging. From 2019 to 2023\, Bob served on the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services\, appointed by HHS Secretary Azar.
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