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• KFF Health News: Trump’s Idea for Health Accounts Has Been Tried. Millions of Patients Have Ended Up in Debt.

  December 09, 2025: Sarah Monroe once had a relatively comfortable middle-class life. She and her family lived in a neatly landscaped neighborhood near Cleveland. They had a six-figure income and health insurance. Then, four years ago, when Monroe was pregnant with t...Read more >

• Winners of the December 5th Drawing of 2025 Calendar Raffle!!!

  December 09, 2025: Winners of the December 5th Drawing!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on December 5, 2025 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Order of Draw...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Health Savings Accounts, Backed by GOP, Cover Fancy Saunas but Not Insurance Premiums

  December 05, 2025: With the tax-free money in a health savings account, a person can pay for eyeglasses or medical exams, as well as a $1,700 baby bassinet or a $300 online parenting workshop. Those same dollars can’t be used, though, to pay for most baby formulas...Read more >

• Join us for our Holiday Party on Friday 12/19!

  November 24, 2025: Please join the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans as we celebrate another successful year! Please join us for our annual Holiday Party on Friday, December 19th, 2025 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Madison Labor Temple, 1602 South Park S...Read more >

• Winners of the November 7th Drawing of 2025 Calendar Raffle!!!

  November 11, 2025: Winners of the November 7th Drawing!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on November 7, 2025 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Order of ...Read more >

• KFF Health News: As Health Companies Get Bigger, So Do the Bills. It’s Unclear if Trump’s Team Will Intervene.

  November 10, 2025: A cancer patient might live in a town with four oncology groups, but only one accepts his insurance — the one owned by his insurer. A young couple could see huge bills after their child is born, because their insurer agreed to the health system’s...Read more >

• Health Care Costs Surge As ACA Open Enrollment Begins

  November 07, 2025: Americans shopping for Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace insurance plans during open enrollment – which began this Saturday – are experiencing confusion and dramatically more expensive premiums. This includes five million older Americans betw...Read more >

• Winners of the October 3rd Drawing of 2025 Calendar Raffle!!!

  October 03, 2025: Winners of the October 3rd Drawing!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on October 3, 2025 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Order of Dr...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Shutdown Halts Some Health Services as Political Risks Test Parties’ Resolve

  October 01, 2025: Threats of a federal government shutdown have gone from being an October surprise to a recurring theme. This time around, though, the stakes are higher. Federal funding ran out at midnight on Oct. 1, after Congress failed to pass even a stopgap bu...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Team Trump’s Answer to Ballooning Obamacare Premiums: Less Generous Coverage

  September 17, 2025: Trump administration officials, looking at the possible impact of large insurance premium increases for millions of next year’s Obamacare customers, want more people to consider plans with less generous benefits and high deductibles. The agency ...Read more >