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• Fighting for Medicaid Expansion to Support Families and Seniors

  June 23, 2019: [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://wisconsin.retiredamericans.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2019/06/Medicaid_Expansion.mp4"][/video]...Read more >

• WIARA 2019 Convention: Retirees Review Key State Issues and Set Goals

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• The Money And Politics Of Prescription Drugs: What You Need To Know

  May 09, 2019: By Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact and Kaiser Health News If there’s one area of health care where Republicans and Democrats might strike a deal, it’s prescription drugs. President Donald Trump has floated a plan to cut drug prices. Democratic ...Read more >

• Senior Citizens Endorse Judge Lisa Neubauer for Supreme Court

  March 26, 2019: Senior Citizens Endorse Judge Lisa Neubauer for Supreme Court: Seniors spurn Brian Hagedorn who pushed laws that shred protection for nursing home victims Members of the Wisconsin Alliance of Retired Americans and other senior groups are holdi...Read more >

• KHN – Americans Ready To Crack Down On Drug Prices That Force Some To Skip Doses

  March 01, 2019: By Jay Hancock Large majorities of Americans from both major parties support steps to control prescription drug costs such as showing prices in ads, removing barriers to generics and letting patients get less expensive drugs from Canada, a new po...Read more >

• Word is Out: Cuts to Seniors’ Earned Benefits are on the Ballot this November

  October 17, 2018: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s comments about cutting so-called “entitlements”: “There is no doubt that Soc...Read more >

• Déjà Voodoo: Pharma’s Promises To Curb Drug Prices Have Been Heard Before

  July 25, 2018: By Jay Hancock and Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.  Prescription drug prices were soaring. Angry policymak...Read more >

• States Attacking ACA Would Suffer Most If Shield On Preexisting Conditions Were Axed

  July 17, 2018: By Harriet Rowan, Kaiser Health News Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.  If the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with preexisting medica...Read more >

• 2018 Spring Election Endorsements

  March 26, 2018: Office Type District Candidate First Name Candidate Last Name Endorsing Body County Board Chippewa County District 11 Florian Skwierczynski Greater West Central Area Labor Council Mayor Oak Creek Dan Bukiewicz Milwaukee Ar...Read more >

• February Raffle Winners!!!!

  March 12, 2018: Winners of the February Raffle!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! Date Amount First Name Last Name 1 25 Austin Holmberg 2 25 Tony Vanderbloemen 3 25 Josh Garner 4 50 Lu Winklbauer 5 25 Wa...Read more >