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PARKERSBURG -- Staff and volunteers from AARP West Virginia Wednesday were in Washington, D.C., meeting with senators and representatives about the Medical Expense Deduction, funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and support family caregivers by supporting the Assisting Caregivers Today Caucus.
Social Security and Medicare remain a high-priority issue, but Wednesday's focus was on the deduction, S.N.A.P. and family caregivers, AARP West Virginia spokesman Tom Hunter said.
"It's still front burner," he said.
AARP representatives Wednesday met with congressmen to encourage them to make the 7.5 percent medical expense tax deduction threshold permanent, rather then 10 percent effective in 2019, strengthen S.N.A.P, formerly food stamps, and support caregivers by joining the A.C.T. caucus.
From West Virginia were President Rich Stonestreet, State Director Gaylene Miller and Associate State Director Angela Vance, who went to the offices of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Sen. Joe Manchin, Rep. David McKinley, Rep. Alex Mooney and Rep. Evan Jenkins.
Capito is co-chair of the caucus. McKinley has joined.
"We're urging Congress to take action this year on a number of remaining issues that matter to our nearly 300,000 AARP West Virginia members and their families," Stonestreet said.