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Policymakers should ensure that judicial proceedings are fair. They should not enact statutory damage limitations.

Policymakers should not restrict the ability to bring a class action.

Policymakers and the private sector should ensure that consumers and employees have the right to seek redress through the courts for injury or losses.

Options for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) should be available. These include mediation and arbitration.

Policymakers should expand access to free or reduced-cost legal services for older adults with low and moderate incomes.

Policymakers should develop and fund programs to make communities safer for residents living in a variety of settings.

Policymakers should encourage intergenerational cooperation.

Policymakers should provide protections for grandparents who are helping to raise their grandchildren or other minors.

Congress and the states should ensure adequate Medicaid funding and maintain existing guarantees for Medicaid long-term services and supports (LTSS). 

Federal and state governments should ensure that Medicaid reimbursement is sufficient to guarantee access to the full range of high-quality long-term services and supports in all service settings.