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• Nominate a Retiree Hero for the 2024 POWER Lunch!

  January 29, 2024: October 14th is our annual POWER Lunch!  Do you know someone who has gone above and beyond and stood up for seniors? Each year the Wisconsin Alliance honors individuals from across the state for their contributions to the quality of life for seni...Read more >

• Support Seniors and Union Retirees in Wisconsin – Join WiARA in 2024!

  January 29, 2024: Are you looking for a way to support seniors and promote union organizing? Ask your union/ union retiree organization to join the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans! As an affiliate, your group will be supporting important work, including advoc...Read more >

• KFF Health News: America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities

  January 17, 2024: The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, an...Read more >

• Winners of the December 2023 Calendar Raffle!!!

  January 03, 2024: Winners of the December 2023 Raffle!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on December 29, 2023 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Order of...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records

  December 21, 2023: Living with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream. The pump, manufactured by device maker Medtronic, connected plastic tubing to an insu...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits

  November 21, 2023: Assisted living centers have become an appealing retirement option for hundreds of thousands of boomers who can no longer live independently, promising a cheerful alternative to the institutional feel of a nursing home. But their cost is so crushi...Read more >

• Winners of the October 2023 Calendar Raffle!!!

  November 02, 2023: Winners of the October 2023 Raffle!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on October 27, 2023 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Order of D...Read more >

• Announcing the 2023 Power Lunch Keynote Speaker!

  September 27, 2023: Former Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes has signed on to be a Keynote speaker at this years POWER Lunch. At the POWER Lunch, we recognize Labor, Community, and Elected Officials that go above and beyond to support Wisconsin retirees. Join us in Mil...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Save Billions or Stick With Humira? Drug Brokers Steer Americans to the Costly Choice

  September 21, 2023: Tennessee last year spent $48 million on a single drug, Humira — about $62,000 for each of the 775 patients who were covered by its employee health insurance program and receiving the treatment. So when nine Humira knockoffs, known as biosimilars, ...Read more >

• Winners of the August 2023 Calendar Raffle!!!

  August 31, 2023: Winners of the August 2023 Raffle!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on August 25, 2023 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Order of Dra...Read more >