Printable Version
Links
Follow the Alliance online!
Join the Alliance community on Facebook. Become a FAN of the "Alliance for Retired Americans" via our fan page. Click here to visit the FAN page: http://bit.ly/3EurBs
Facebook is the largest social networking site. It allows you to keep in touch with people and causes that are important to you. Facebook has 300 million active users!
Visit the Alliance blog: http://ara.typepad.com
The blog is a place where you can find frequent updates on national, state and local events as well as great photos and video! Please feel free to post your comments on the blog by clicking "comment" below a post.
Check out Alliance photos on our Flickr channel: www.flickr.com/retiredamericans
Flickr is a photosharing site where we organize photos from the states and from national events - find yourself and your state Alliance on our Flickr site or watch a slideshow!
Find the latest videos on the Alliance's Youtube station: www.youtube.com/retiredamericans
Youtube is a videosharing site where the Alliance posts many of its testimonial videos from the field, as well as commercials and videos shared at meetings. Youtube is 4th most popular site on the web (Alexa - Nov 3, 2009).
Follow the Alliance on Twitter - www.twitter.com/activeretirees.
Twitter is a social networking service that allows people to share very short blogs known as "tweets."
Click a Link to open the Link in a new window. Click again to refresh that window with the new Link. Only one new window will be opened at any given time.
- 2010 National Conference Online Registration
- Administration on Aging Provides a comprehensive overview of a wide variety of topics, programs and services related to aging.
- AFL-CIO EFCA ad
- Aging With Grace Aging with Grace, a national eldercare resource management company that works with union members and retirees to address elder caregiver stress. One phone call to an Eldercare Specialist can identify where you are in your current caregiver situation, where you need to be and then we get you there!
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for August 19, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for August 20, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for August 21, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for August 24, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for August 25, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for August 26, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for August 27, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for August 28, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 13, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 14, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 15, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 16, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 17, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 21, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 22, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 23, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 27, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 28, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 29, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 30, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 31, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 7, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 8, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for July 9, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for November 16, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for November 18, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for November 2, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for November 20, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for November 4, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for November 9, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for October 21, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for October 26, 2009
- Alliance Coverage & Retiree News for October 28, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for August 18, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for February 2, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for January 26, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for January 28, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for July 1, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for July 2, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for July 6, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 1, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 10, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 11, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 12, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 2, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 22, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 23, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 25, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 26, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 29, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 3, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 30, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 5, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 5, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 8, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 9, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for May 19, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for May 20, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for May 21, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for May 26, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for May 27, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for May 28, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for October 19, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for September 16, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for September 17, 2009
- Alliance Page for Veterans A side-by-side comparing Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain.
- Alliance Resolution on Second Economic Stimulus
- Alliance Resolution to Hold Down Energy Costs
-
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
A national nonprofit whose mission is to ensure
that the ten million Americans who are blind or
visually impaired enjoy the same rights and
opportunities as other citizens. Learn about
living with vision loss.
- Association of Belltel Retirees The Association of BellTel Retirees Inc. advocates for more than 220,000 Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, GTE, MCI and VERIZON Union and Management retirees. The Association also represents active employees regarding retiree issues, such as cash balance plan conversions and recently announced termination of management pension and healthcare benefits.
- Audio from July 27, 2009 Conference Call
-
Bang for the Buck Pensions Report
A report released August 14, 2008 by the National Institute on Retirement Security, a new pension defense group, about the economic efficiencies of defined benefit pensions. Kelly Kenneally at the National Institute on Retirement Security is glad to help with any other information you may need. You can contact her at kkenneally@nirsonline.org or 202/457-8190.
- Barbara Easterling Tribute
- Be Sure Your Vote Is Counted
-
Benefits CheckUp
Helps thousands of people every day to find
programs for seniors that may pay for some of
their costs of prescription drugs, health care,
utilities and other essential items or
services.
-
Building Justice Campaign
The Alliance continues to support the Building
Justice campaign, led by the Sheet Metal
Workers and Painters unions, which seeks to
improve the quality of new homes and the
working conditions for those who build
them. The campaign is targeting Pulte, a
builder whose Del Webb "active adult"
communities account for 45% of the company's
overall revenues. A new report, available
at www.poorlybuiltbypulte.info,
seeks to call attention to the impact of poor
working conditions. Last summer,
representatives of the company sprayed
high-power water hoses on community activists
picketing an Arizona worksite.
-
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
A reputable source for publications on
retirement, work, pensions and Social
Security.
- Coalition Letter Urging Senate Support for Nelson-Rockefeller Amendment
- Coalition Letter Urging Senate Support of Medicare Part D Drug Negotiation Amendment
- Conference Call Audio 102809
- Considerations Before Choosing a Medicare Advantage Plan Nearly 43 million Americans are Medicare beneficiaries. Most receive their health care services through the Medicare program but nearly 8.3 million receive care through Medicare Advantage (MA) plans provided by private insurance companies under contract with Medicare.
- Digital TV Conversion
- EFCA On-line Petition
- ElderCare Online Comprehensive information, education and support for people caring for aging loved ones, especially those coping with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias.
- ElderWeb Includes thousands of reviewed links to long term care information, a searchable database of organizations, and an expanding library of articles and reports, news, and events.
- Election Protection The non-partisan organization Election Protection is operating a website and a free telephone hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683), where trained legal volunteers are available to answer questions and help fix voter problems. If you live in Ohio, find out more about voting in Tuesday's primary.
- Fighting for Health Care Around the Country
- FirstGov A one-stop source for virtually all government information on the Internet - a great resource tool.
-
FirstGov for Seniors
Useful links to government resources for
seniors.
- Friday Alert
- Gone For Now The movie "Gone For Now" is based on a true story that deals with a grandfather who has been denied visitation rights with his only grandson for close to three years. The film is a fictional account of one man's journey to be reunited with his grandson. There are currently six and a half million grandchildren being raised by their grandparents in the United States and millions of grandparents who are being denied visitation rights with their grandchildren.
- Health Care Bill Comparison Flyer October 21, 2009
- Health Care for American Now Rally - June 25, 2009
- Health Care For American Now Rally 6/25/09
- Health Care Reform: Bill Comparison Flyer
- Health Insurance Reform Bills - Comparison Flyer August 12, 2009
- Health Reform Doesn't Scare Grandma And you thought senior citizens were getting frightened by the prospect of real health reform?
- Honoring the Leadership Award to Rep. Jan Schakowsky
- IRA Change Could Help Retirees
- June 17 Banquet Honoring George Kourpias
- Kaiser Family Foundation Report on the Doughnut Hole A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation quantifies the number of Medicare Part D plan enrollees who reached the “doughnut hole,” the gap in their prescription drug coverage, in 2007. The study of Part D prescription drug utilization found that 26% of Part D enrollees who filled any prescriptions in 2007 reached the coverage gap. This includes 22% who stayed in the gap for the remainder of the year, and 4% who ultimately received catastrophic coverage.
- Kourpias Retirement Letter
- LA Times on Social Security's 74th Anniversary
- LCAO (Leadership Council of Aging Organizations) A coalition of 50 national non-profit organizations concerned with the well-being of America's older population and committed to representing their interests in the policy-making arena.
- LCAO Letter on Health Insurance Rates for Older Americans
- LCAO Policy Recommendations to Obama Administration
- LCAO Proposed Executive Order for Obama Admin.
- Leg. Conf. 2009
- Legislative Conference Pictures
- Lobby Day June 17, 2009
- Lobby Week Appointment Listing Feb 17
- Lynda Bird Johnson Robb Video (short version)
- Lynda Bird Johnson, Barbara Eaterling, Gerald McEntee Video
- Medicare The official U.S. government site for people with Medicare.
- Medicare's 44th Birthday!
- More pictures from Medicare's Birthday
-
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
N4A advocates on behalf of the local aging
agencies to ensure that needed resources and
support services are available to older
Americans.
-
National Association of State Units on Aging
The mission of the Association is to advance
social, health, and economic policies
responsive to the needs of a diverse aging
population.
- National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform The mission of the coalition is to define and achieve quality for people with long-term care needs.
-
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
One of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH,
NIA leads a broad scientific effort to
understand the nature of aging and to extend
the healthy, active years of life. NIA's
mission is to improve the health and well-being
of older Americans through research.
- National Long Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center Ombudsmen are dedicated to enhancing the lives of long term care residents.
- Nevada Members Lobby Senator Reid
-
Nursing Home Compare
A powerful tool you can use to search for
detailed information about the performance of
every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing
home in the country.
- Older Americans Act '09
-
Older Americans Act Action Alert
- Presidential Candidates Answer LCAO's Questions In November 2007 the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) contacted the campaigns of all the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, asking the candidates to respond to a set of questions on critical aging issues facing the nation. Responses have been received from Democratic candidates John Edwards, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, as of December 31, 2007.
- Reception with Barbara Easterling and CWA June 16, 2009
- SeniorNet A nonprofit organization of computer-using adults, age 50 and older. SeniorNet's mission is to provide older adults education for and access to computer technologies to enhance their lives and enable them to share their knowledge and wisdom.
- Stick to the Facts: Health Reform Good for Seniors
- Tool Kit for Health Care Reform, July 2009
-
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform
Special Investigations, Nursing Homes -- provides resources and includes the Nursing Home Complaint Violation Search. Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
- visit the archive
- Why We Need EFCA
Alliance Must-Reads
Read media coverage of the Alliance, and find out the latest news about retiree issues.
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for February 16, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for February 23, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for February 25, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for February 4, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for June 4, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for March 11, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for March 2, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for March 4, 2009
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for March 4, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for March 9, 2010
- Alliance Coverage and Retiree News for May 14, 2009
- ARRA Stimulus Act 2009 and Seniors
- Barbara Easterling AFL-CIO Convention Speech September 14, 2009
- Fact Sheet: Senate Health Reform Bill November 2009
- Health Care in Countries other than the U.S.A.
- Health Care Reform Side By Side Comparison Feb 24 2010
- LCAO Letter on Affordable Health Care for America Act
- Leadership Manual
- Open Letter to Retirees
- Seniors to Seniors Seniors to Seniors is a coalition of senior advocacy organizations, including the Alliance, committed to educating seniors about what the current health care reform legislation means for them once it is implemented.
- Social Security Executive Commission Facts
- Stimulus Information 2009
- Talking Points - Affordable Health Care for America Act
- Unemployment Lifeline The AFL-CIO, Working America and the Working America Education Fund have launched Unemployment LifeLine.com, a Web site to help unemployed people find region-specific information about unemployment insurance, food and heating subsidies, credit counseling and job-training programs -- as well as one another and moral support. And, of course, unions.
Government and Political Affairs
-
Caring for an Aging America Act
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has introduced the Caring for an Aging America Act, legislation aimed at addressing the crisis in providing care for a senior population that is projected to almost double over the next 25 years. The Boxer bill is endorsed by the Alliance for Retired Americans.