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• Strengthening Medicare Without Shifting Costs to Beneficiaries

  April 06, 2016: When it comes to strengthening Medicare, it is important to avoid changes that shift additional costs to seniors. The Alliance recently submitted comments for the record to the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Health Subcommittee regarding this...Read more >

• Strengthening Medicare Without Shifting Costs to Beneficiaries

  April 06, 2016: When it comes to strengthening Medicare, it is important to avoid changes that shift additional costs to seniors. The Alliance recently submitted comments for the record to the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Health Subcommittee regarding this...Read more >

• Seniors and Veterans Demand a Vote on the SAVE Benefits Act

  March 09, 2016: [flagallery gid=3] Today Maryland/DC Alliance member Susan Taylor spoke at an event on Capitol Hill urging the Senate to vote on S. 2251, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's SAVE Benefits Act - providing seniors a one-time payment of $581. The amount is...Read more >

• Kasich and Jeb Bush Mean Trouble for Seniors

  February 11, 2016: John Kasich and Jeb Bush mean trouble for seniors and retirees. The New Hampshire primary results are in, and the top four for the Republicans were businessman Donald Trump, Gov. John Kasich (Ohio), Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), and former Governor Jeb Bush (F...Read more >

• Silver Tsunami to Bring 25 Million More Medicare Beneficiaries by 2036

  January 27, 2016: [caption id="attachment_3359" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator[/caption] The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Medicare enrollment will grow by more than 30 percent over the next ten yea...Read more >

• Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Speech

  January 13, 2016:   President's Last State of the Union Speech has Strong Implications for Social Security, Medicare and Pensions Retirees Remain Apprehensive about Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Ret...Read more >

• Nevada Alliance for Retired Americans Honors Nevada State Senator Justin Jones

  December 15, 2015: NARA president Scott Watts presented an award recognizing the work of State Senator Justin Jones on behalf of senior citizens...Read more >

• NARA’s Jo Etta Brown Elected Executive Vice President for National Alliance for Retired Americans

  December 15, 2015: Reno Gazette-Journal Carson NOW Jo Etta Brown interviewed on "Our Own Voices" on Memorial Day regarding Older Americans Month (39:02 to 1:06:12) / wma file Jo Etta Brown of Gardnerville Elected Executive Vice President for Alliance for Retir...Read more >

• For Widows, Social Security System Can Provide Rude Shocks

  December 15, 2015: WITHIN weeks after her 78-year-old husband, James, died last year, Jo Etta Brown, 75, came face to face with the financial realities of being a widow living on Social Security. After gathering her husband’s death certificate and their marriage ce...Read more >

• 2015 marks a landmark year for Medicare

  December 15, 2015: On July 30, Medicare celebrates its 50th birthday as a cornerstone of retirement security in America. This landmark occasion is the perfect time to examine the legacy of the program and reflect upon the positive impact it has had on the lives and hea...Read more >