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# Senate Finance Democrats ask for input on a home care guarantee
- URL: https://thevoiceofenablingtechnology.pmbofficial.com/live-wire/senate-finance-democrats-ask-for-input-on-a-home-care-guarantee/
- Published: 2026-10-16T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T21:06:20.000Z
- Description: Sen. Ron Wyden wants feedback on an affordable home care guarantee and long-term care reform, with comments due Dec. 18.
- Author: The Live Wire
- Tags: #live-wire, #wire-policy, #wire-aging

Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Oct. 16 [released a broad request for information on overhauling long-term care](https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-seeks-input-on-major-overhaul-of-long-term-care-in-america?ref=thevoiceofenablingtechnology.pmbofficial.com), including an "[affordable home care guarantee](https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-seeks-input-on-major-overhaul-of-long-term-care-in-america?ref=thevoiceofenablingtechnology.pmbofficial.com)."

**What's in it:** The request asks for [feedback in three areas](https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-seeks-input-on-major-overhaul-of-long-term-care-in-america?ref=thevoiceofenablingtechnology.pmbofficial.com): making home care affordable and accessible, especially for older adults and people with disabilities; improving nursing home quality; and strengthening the long-term care workforce.

**Why it matters:** Requests like this often become the starting text for legislation. It arrives as Congress returns Nov. 9 for a lame-duck session and as Medicaid home care waiting lists keep growing.

**Who it affects:** Older adults, people with disabilities and their families, direct support professionals and home care workers, and providers of home and community-based services.

**How to weigh in:** Comments are due Dec. 18, 2026, to homecare@finance.senate.gov.

**Source:** U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, "Wyden Seeks Input on Major Overhaul of Long-Term Care in America," Oct. 16, 2026: [https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-seeks-input-on-major-overhaul-of-long-term-care-in-america](https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-seeks-input-on-major-overhaul-of-long-term-care-in-america?ref=thevoiceofenablingtechnology.pmbofficial.com)