United States Senate Special Committee on Aging

Senate Aging Committee
Special Committee

United States Senate
118th Congress
History
FormedFebruary 13, 1961[1]
Leadership
ChairRick Scott (R)
Since January 3, 2025
Ranking memberKirsten Gillibrand (D)
Since January 3, 2025
Structure
Political partiesMajority (8)
  •   Republican (8)
Minority (6)
Website
https://www.aging.senate.gov/

The United States Senate Special Committee on Aging is a special committee in the United States Senate established on 1961. It was initially established as a temporary committee. It became a permanent Senate committee in 1977. As a special committee, it has no legislative authority, but it studies issues related to older Americans, particularly Medicare and Social Security.[2]

Prior to the passage of Medicare, the committee was studying health care insurance coverage for elderly American citizens. The committee conducts oversight of the Medicare program, Social Security and the Older Americans Act. Some of the issues that have been examined by the committee include unacceptable conditions in nursing homes, protection from, and pricing practices for prescription drugs.[2]

  1. ^ "U.S. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. (2/13/1961 - )". National Archives Catalogue. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "About the Aging Committee". U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. Archived from the original on January 31, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2005.

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