Alliance Lobby Week 2009

In over 70 meetings during Lobby Week with their U.S. Representatives and Senators, activists with the Alliance for Retired Americans outlined measures to lower the cost of prescription drugs, strengthen the Medicare Trust Fund, and expand Medicare coverage for retirees age 55-64.Specifically, participants supported: Allowing Medicare to negotiate volume discounts with drug manufacturers. The Veterans Administration does this and its prescriptions cost 30 percent less; Ending wasteful taxpayer subsidies to private insurance companies who run Medicare Advantage programs at a cost nearly 20 percent higher than Medicare; and Providing early retirees the option to purchase Medicare coverage. Many of the 5.1 million Americans between 55-64 who lack health insurance are victims of mass layoffs. Alliance members will called upon their lawmakers to form Seniors Advisory Committees, and also to support the Employee Free Choice Act to help workers negotiate for higher wages and health care and retirement benefits.

FLARA Lobby Week

FLARA Lobby Week

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