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• 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 >

• Request your absentee ballot today!

  June 26, 2020: We are living in extraordinary times. Even the act of carrying out daily activities pose a risk to our health. That’s why the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans is fighting to make voting by mail safe, secure and easy for older people across ...Read more >

• Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans names Alex Brower as Executive Director

  May 29, 2020: [caption id="attachment_1296" align="alignright" width="232"] Alex Brower (photo credit: Joe Brusky)[/caption] The Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans (WIARA) - the  organization that fights for Wisconsin's retirees, their earned benefits, a...Read more >

• Statement of Marlene Ott, President of the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans, Regarding Absentee Ballot Ruling

  April 04, 2020: Statement re: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s Ruling in Gear v. Bostelmann and the Republican National Committee Regarding the Absentee Ballot Witness Signature Mandate  “Tonight’s ruling defies common sense. Thousands o...Read more >

• KHN: Federal Judge Rules Medicare Patients Can Challenge ‘Observation Care’ Status

  March 30, 2020: By Susan Jaffe Hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries who have been denied coverage for nursing home stays because their time in the hospital was changed from “inpatient” to “observation care” can now appeal to Medicare for reimbu...Read more >

• ‘Hobnobbing With Billionaires in Davos,’ Trump Admits—If Reelected—He Will Seek to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare

  January 23, 2020: "It'll be toward the end of the year," Trump said from Davos, Switzerland. "And at the right time, we will take a look at that. You know, that's actually the easiest of all things, if you look, cause it's such a big percentage." By Jon Queally, st...Read more >

• The White House Says Nursing Home Regulations Are Too Tough

  December 04, 2019: By Ina Jaffe, NPR - WAMU 88.5 November 30, 2019 Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday Transcript: SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Rolling back federal regulations has been a cornerstone of the Trump presidency. Now the administration has proposed rol...Read more >

• Medicare Fraudsters Now Tap Telemedicine In Medical Equipment Scams

  October 18, 2019: By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News  OCTOBER 9, 2019 (Hannah Norman/KHN illustration; Getty Images) Dean Ernest had been living in a nursing home about a year when his son, John, got a call last winter asking if his father was experien...Read more >