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• August Raffle Winners!

  November 04, 2016: See Below for the winners of the August Raffle! Date Amount Ticket First Name Last Name 1 $25 92 Jerry LaPoint 2 $25 322 Mary Land 3 $25 71 Joanne Bruch 4 $25 87 Bret Kohlhepp 5 $25 337 Vict...Read more >

• KHN: Study Finds Benefits When Seniors Call Shots To Help Them

  September 08, 2016: By: Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. A federally funded project that researchers say has potential to promote aging in place began by asking ...Read more >

• 2016 WIARA Retirement Security Forums

  August 22, 2016: Over the coming months leading up to the election, the Alliance in coalition with many groups will be presenting information about Retirement Security. Medicare, Social Security, the Wisconsin Retirement System, Private Sector Pensions and Retirement...Read more >

• TAKING THE HIGH ROAD WITH RUSS

  August 22, 2016: Vivien DeBack The Senate race in Wisconsin in 2016 will be contentious. Unfortunately such political races focus on individual traits rather than policies and plans. This year while Trump spews hatred, anger, divisiveness and fear, the public have...Read more >

• Hillary Clinton—An Easy Decision

  August 22, 2016: Leon Burzynski The political conventions are finally over and the search for endorsements is underway. The Alliance for Retired Americans and the AFL-CIO made the easy and correct decision to endorse Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Presidential electi...Read more >

• Strengthening Medicare Without Shifting Costs to Beneficiaries

  April 06, 2016: When it comes to strengthening Medicare, it is important to avoid changes that shift additional costs to seniors. The Alliance recently submitted comments for the record to the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Health Subcommittee regarding this...Read more >

• Strengthening Medicare Without Shifting Costs to Beneficiaries

  April 06, 2016: When it comes to strengthening Medicare, it is important to avoid changes that shift additional costs to seniors. The Alliance recently submitted comments for the record to the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Health Subcommittee regarding this...Read more >

• Seniors and Veterans Demand a Vote on the SAVE Benefits Act

  March 09, 2016: [flagallery gid=3] Today Maryland/DC Alliance member Susan Taylor spoke at an event on Capitol Hill urging the Senate to vote on S. 2251, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's SAVE Benefits Act - providing seniors a one-time payment of $581. The amount is...Read more >

• Gallup Poll: Confidence in Social Security is on the Rise

  March 07, 2016: Polls are showing an increased optimism that Social Security is in solid financial shape and the public is increasingly saying that they will need to rely on the program during retirement. According to a 2015 Gallup poll, 36% of non-retirees said tha...Read more >

• Trump Misleads About Social Security Fraud

  February 19, 2016: Donald Trump is misleading people about the prevalence of Social Security fraud. At a recent Republican presidential debate in Greenville, South Carolina, he said, “'thousands and thousands of people’ over the age of 106 are receiving Social ...Read more >