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Federal and state laws should prohibit maximum hiring ages and mandatory retirement ages for all workers. This should include public-safety employees.

Businesses that bid on federal, state, and local contracts should be required to report any complaints and determinations of unlawful and unfair practices.

States should coordinate LTSS programs, policies, and budgets. This can be done in one state agency or across multiple agencies.

States should develop a comprehensive uniform assessment instrument to determine individual needs and develop a service plan. It should be used in all state LTSS programs. 

Congress should make pre-dispute mandatory arbitration provisions in LTSS contracts unenforceable. 

States should ensure that facility-specific survey results and other information regarding quality are made available to the public in a timely manner.

All levels of government and the private sector should adequately fund and support antifraud and anti-abuse efforts.

Due to their regressive nature, raising state and local sales taxes should not be the first choice for increasing tax revenues.