On behalf of the NCHPC, we urge the leadership of the Appropriations Committee and the LHHS Subcommittee to include $12.5 million for the National Institute of Aging (NIA) for the trans-Institute, multi-disease Consortium for Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan.

Under current law, VA hospice care provided at home does not qualify as a ‘death under VA care’ and is therefore not fully covered under the nonservice-connected burial and plot benefit.

The NCHPC welcomes the American Cancer Society (ACS) as a new member of the NCHPC coalition. With the addition of ACS, the NCHPC gains an additional distinguished national leader, allowing us to advocate more effectively for the patients, families, and caregivers who are always the intended beneficiaries of our work.

The National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care along with other leading organizations recently submitted…