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• KHN: Countless Homebound Patients Still Wait for Covid Vaccine Despite Seniors’ Priority

  February 22, 2021: By Judith Graham Opening another front in the nation’s response to the pandemic, medical centers and other health organizations have begun sending doctors and nurses to apartment buildings and private homes to vaccinate homebound seniors. ...Read more >

• Report: Wisconsin Billionaires Got $11.1 Billion Richer During the Pandemic

  February 21, 2021:   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 21, 2021 Contact: Alex Brower, wiaraexecdir@gmail.com, (414) 949-8756   Wisconsin Billionaires Got $11.1 Billion Richer Over First 10 Months of Pandemic, Their Collective Wealth Jumping By 28% Gai...Read more >

• KHN: As Drug Prices Keep Rising, State Lawmakers Propose Tough New Bills to Curb Them

  February 16, 2021: Fed up with a lack of federal action to lower prescription drug costs, state legislators around the country are pushing bills to penalize drugmakers for unjustified price hikes and to cap payment at much-lower Canadian levels. These bills, sponsor...Read more >

• KHN: When Your Chance for a Covid Shot Comes, Don’t Worry About the Numbers

  February 02, 2021: By Arthur Allen and Liz Szabo When getting vaccinated against covid-19, there’s no sense being picky. You should take the first authorized vaccine that’s offered, experts say. The newest covid vaccine on the horizon, from Johnson & J...Read more >

• KHN Poll: Nearly Half of American Adults Now Want the Covid Vaccine — ASAP

  January 27, 2021: By Phil Galewitz                   Americans’ reluctance to get vaccinated for covid-19 is waning, according to a poll released Wednesday. Nearly half of adults surv...Read more >

• We’re hiring!

  September 26, 2020: WIARA is hiring an Executive Assistant on a temporary basis - for more information, please download this PDF: Executive Assistant Position Description (click here)  The details are here as well: Temporary Executive Assistant The Wisconsi...Read more >

• 2020 POWER Lunch Tickets

  September 16, 2020: Sisters and Brothers, Please follow this link to purchase your 2020 POWER Lunch Ticket and support our work (click here): https://wisconsin.retiredamericans.org/2020-power-lunch/...Read more >

• Nominate a retiree hero for the POWER Lunch!

  August 07, 2020: October 12 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 senior...Read more >

• Join us – Social Security Conversation with Congressman Mark Pocan

  July 27, 2020: Join the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans as we virtually discuss Social Security with Congressman Mark Pocan of Madison. You all know that Congressman Pocan has stood with seniors his entire career. With Social Security under threat, we n...Read more >

• WIARA Statement on the Black Lives Matter Movement

  July 09, 2020: For Immediate Release July 9, 2020 Contact: Gary Mitchell, President, Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans 608-220-5734, gdmitchell@wisc.edu Or Alex Brower, Executive Director, Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans 414-949-8756, wiara...Read more >