HOME INTERNSHIPS EMPLOYMENT NEWSLETTERS CONTACT US DONATE ABOUT CONVERGENCE IN THE NEWS HOW WE WORK GET INVOLVED OUR PROJECTS EVENTS In The News NOV 10 2021 Press Release: Convergence Launches New Dialogue on Advancing Age-Friendly Care for Older Adults Washington, DC – Convergence Center for Policy Resolution (Convergence), a nonpartisan collaborative problem-solving organization that convenes leaders across sharp political, ideological, sectoral, and other divides to solve intractable issues, announces the launch of a year-long project to forge consensus policy solutions to help aging adults thrive. The Convergence Dialogue on Reimagining Care for Older Adults will bring together a diverse group of leaders and experts on aging and caregiving for older adults to explore innovative ways to reform and improve care in nursing homes, help more people age at home, and expand the direct care workforce. Read more. Posted in In the News | Comments Off on Press Release: Convergence Launches New Dialogue on Advancing Age-Friendly Care for Older Adults AUG 9 2021 The New York Times: Getting Old Is a Crisis More and More Americans Can’t Afford Michelle Cottle on the impact of Convergence’s Long-Term Care Financing Collaborative: “In 2012, a broad cross-section of policy experts, consumer advocates and industry representatives formed the Long-Term Care Financing Collaborative to explore more sustainable funding models. The central recommendation of the group’s final report, issued in 2016, was the creation of a universal public insurance program… Variations on the catastrophic-plan idea have received support from many quarters — most recently from Representative Thomas Suozzi, a New York Democrat and former certified public accountant. Last month he introduced legislation that would establish such a program.” Read more. Posted in In the News | Comments Off on The New York Times: Getting Old Is a Crisis More and More Americans Can’t Afford AUG 9 2021 Health Affairs: The Middle Ground for Fixing Long-Term Care Costs: The WISH Act “Roughly one week before Americans celebrated the July 4 holiday, Representative Thomas Suozzi (D-NY) introduced a revolutionary bill (H.R. 4289) designed to repair our broken system for financing long-term services and supports (LTSS). The “WISH Act”—Well-Being Insurance for Seniors to be at Home—is based on an idea first put forward by a group of long-term care experts known as the Long-Term Care Financing Collaborative, which was convened in 2012 by the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution and included the authors of this blog post.” Read more from Convergence Board Member Stuart Butler and Marc Cohen. Posted in In the News | Comments Off on Health Affairs: The Middle Ground for Fixing Long-Term Care Costs: The WISH Act AUG 5 2021 Common Ground Committee Podcast: Education Reimagined “In this episode we talk with two education leaders whose views clashed when they first met. Dr. Gisèle Huff is a philanthropist and longtime proponent of school choice, including charter schools. Becky Pringle spent her career in public education. A science teacher for three decades, today she is president of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest labor union. After some deep initial skepticism these women and other leaders came together and developed a transformational vision for US education. Along the way they developed a deep respect for one another, and a friendship that has helped each of them through personal tragedies.” Listen here. This podcast was co-produced in partnership with Convergence Center for Policy Resolution and is one of a series of podcasts that Common Ground Committee and Convergence are producing together. Posted in In the News | Comments Off on Common Ground Committee Podcast: Education Reimagined JUL 22 2021 Common Ground Committee Podcast: The Long-Term Care Crisis “Most baby boomers who retire today can expect to live years longer than their parents or any previous generation. That’s the good news. But there’s a greatly increased need for long-term care as they age. The current system is in crisis and needs much more than a facelift. In this episode, we hear first from a policy expert, Howard Gleckman, of the Tax Policy Institute, who explains why solutions to this crisis have been so hard to find. We also interview Stuart Butler and Paul Van de Water on their differences in overpaying for long-term care, and how they came to find common ground.” Listen here. This podcast was co-produced in partnership with Convergence Center for Policy Resolution and is one of a series of podcasts that Common Ground Committee and Convergence are producing together. Posted in In the News | Comments Off on Common Ground Committee Podcast: The Long-Term Care Crisis JUN 29 2021 Press Release: DIVERSE LEADERS PROPOSE AGING CARE REFORMS “Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, a nonpartisan, bridge-building organization that convenes leaders to solve intractable issues, released a compendium of 15 proposal-papers to expand and improve long-term care options for seniors through administrative action. The papers in Convergence’s “Supplement to Rethinking Care for Older Adults” were authored by an ideologically diverse group of leaders and experts on caregiving for older adults.” Read more. Posted in In the News | Comments Off on Press Release: DIVERSE LEADERS PROPOSE AGING CARE REFORMS JUN 28 2021 Just Resolutions: Hope and Help for Collaborative Approaches to Divisive Issues “Many media outlets fan the flames of conflict, reinforcing the perception of impenetrable polarization. While divisions do run deep, the drumbeat we hear may well overstate the reality and give too little credence to evidence that we really can do something about it.” Read more from Convergence Founder and Senior Advisor Rob Fersh in the American Bar Association newsletter “Just Resolutions.” Posted in In the News | Comments Off on Just Resolutions: Hope and Help for Collaborative Approaches to Divisive Issues « Older posts YOUR DONATION ...will help support our efforts to promote dialogue and build consensus on issues of national consequence. And, your gift is tax-deductible! Copyright 2021 Convergence Center for Policy Resolution. All Rights Reserved. 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