Medicare

• GOP’s Latest Health Care Plan Takes Aim at Americans with Pre-existing Conditions While Protecting Members of Congress and Staff

  April 26, 2017: Still Contains the Unsavory Parts of the Previous Attempt at “Reform” The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to media reports on the House Republicans' latest...Read more >

• WIARA Spring Election Endorsements

  March 17, 2017: Vote April 4th! Here are our endorsements!   County Municipality Type of Seat District # Endorsed Candidate Name     DPI Secretary   Tony Evers Milwaukee City of Milwaukee Municipal Judge 1 Valarie Hill Mil...Read more >

• WIARA Election Phone Bank – Milwaukee

  March 17, 2017: What: Phone Banks to Re-Elect Tony Evers   When: Thursday March 28th @ 4:00pm-8:00pm   Where: WI AFL-CIO – 6333 W. Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, WI   For more details contact: Emily Mueller WI AFL-CIO Milwauk...Read more >

• WIARA Election Phone Bank – Madison

  March 17, 2017: What: Phones and Doors for Tony Evers and Marilyn Townsend When: Thursday March 28th - 4 - 8pm Location:  Madison Labor Temple                    1602 S Park St, Room# 212, Madison WI.                Fo...Read more >

• WIARA 7th Biennial Convention

  February 27, 2017: WHEN:  Saturday May 13th WHERE:  1602 S. Park St., Madison, WI (The Madison Labor Temple) WHO: U.S. Representative Mark Pocan WHAT:  Learn skills in effective ways to communicate political views or concerns about your community Legisl...Read more >

• Ken Pease About the Importance of Medicare

  February 10, 2017: [video width="640" height="360" mp4="http://retiredamericans.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2017/02/Ken-Pease-Video.mp4"][/video] The U.S. Senate confirmed Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), on Friday despite i...Read more >

• 2016 Presidential Election – Hillary Is It!

  November 05, 2016: WHY SHOULD HILLARY CLINTON BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT? by Vivien De Back This is not an article to convince you to vote for Hillary Clinton for President of the United States or to debate issues of importance to the American people. This is not an a...Read more >

• 2016 Election

  November 05, 2016: The 2016 Campaign by Leon Burzynski It is no secret that the 2016 campaign for President quickly deteriorated into a sordid pit of slime. The Republican primary debates set the tone for the lowest bar for decency in the modern era, and things ...Read more >

• VOTING IN WISCONSIN

  November 04, 2016: THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING IN WISCONSIN By Vivien De Back & Anita Johnson Understanding the voting rules and regulations in Wisconsin in 2016 can be confusing. This is due to a number of court rulings and appeals regardin...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 >