FY2026 budget delivers key wins on utility affordability, property tax relief, prescription assistance, and transparency—but includes a troubling setback for nursing home quality
Findings Show Nearly $2 Billion in Payments to Nursing Home Owners’ Private Companies from 2021–2023, Including $285 Million in Overpayments
Report Raises Concerns About Public Dollars Being Diverted for Private Profit
Safe and long-term services include a wide variety of support that assist people with improving the quality, safety, and chance to receive care at home or in a nursing home.
AARP supports solutions that will lead to lower drug prices, including greater transparency in data reporting from big drug companies, public reporting on prices increases, caps on insulin and other critical medications, and a Board of independent experts responsible for making actionable recommendations on how the state can ensure affordable medications for all.
The state’s 1 million family caregivers provide unpaid care valued at over $17 billion annually in New Jersey. A modest tax credit is financial relief family caregivers have earned.
AARP New Jersey has long advocated for proposals that provide equitable, cost-effective and targeted property tax relief to those most burdened by their property tax bills.
New research attaches $17 billion value to the estimated hours of unpaid care that family caregivers provide in N.J., showing a significant increase since last report
AARP NJ applauds Governor Murphy's FY 2024 State Budget proposal that expands supports for older adults. More work needs to be done to deliver financial relief to family caregivers.