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• National News: Friday Alert, July 19, 2019

  July 19, 2019: Headlines: Congress Votes to Raise the Federal Minimum Wage to $15; Bipartisan Bill to End Tax on Employer-Provided Insurance Passes the House by an Overwhelming Margin; Health Insurers Overcharged Medicare By Billions; Governmen...Read more >

• National News: Friday Alert, July 12, 2019

  July 12, 2019: Headlines: Butch Lewis Act Can Save Multiemployer Pension Plans;  Affordable Care Act Lawsuit Would Rob Americans of their Health Insurance; New Business Plan Cuts Postal Workers’ Pensions, Lowers Benefits; Acosta Out as Labor ...Read more >

• Medicaid Bridgade in July 4th Parade!

  July 08, 2019: Watch the July 4th Medicaid Brigade! [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://wisconsin.retiredamericans.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2019/07/final-vid.mp4"][/video]...Read more >

• National News: Friday Alert, July 5th, 2019

  July 05, 2019: Headlines: Speaker Pelosi’s Plan Would Extend Drug Price Protections to All Payers; Analysis: 1 in 6 Emergency Room and Hospital Patients Had Surprise Medical Bills; Congress Sets Record for Longest Period without Raise in Federal ...Read more >

• National News: Friday Alert, June 28, 2019

  June 28, 2019: Headlines: Alliance Member Pam Parker Makes the Case for ACA Prescription Drug Protections; Alliance, AFL-CIO Call on Congress to Address Drug Provisions in NAFTA 2.0 Before Vote is Held; Report Shows Growing Pay Gap Between CEOs a...Read more >

• 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

  May 30, 2019: ...Read more >

• 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 >