Will Make Preventive Tests and Medications Affordable
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, who today joined House...
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Mar 12, 2010Debt Commission SixCategory:Press Releases GOP Stacks Debt Panel with Opponents of Social Security and Medicare
The "Sock Our Seniors Six" Taints Objectivity of Debt Commission
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding...
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The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to the health insurance reform...
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Feb 18, 2010Deficit CommissionCategory:Press Releases Retiree Leader: Deficit Panel Should Support Social Security and Medicare
Questions Objectivity of Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response...
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The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to budget deficit proposals in tonight's State of the Union...
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Dec 8, 2009Maine AdsCategory:Press Releases New TV Ad Campaign: Health Reform Good for Seniors
Retiree Advocate Blasts Insurance Company Scare Tactics
Washington DC - A new television advertising campaign launched this week by the Alliance for Retired Americans decries insurance industry scare tactics and...
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Dec 2, 2009Ed Coyle Senate Press ConferenceCategory:Press Releases Seniors Advocate Urges Passage of Sen. Bennet's Amendment to Strengthen Medicare
Says McCain's Motion Would Help Insurers, Hurt Seniors
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, at a U.S....
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Nov 19, 2009Reid Health BillCategory:Press Releases Retirees Praise Reid Health Bill
Step in Right Direction, Seniors Advocate Says
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in support of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Patient...
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Senate Moving in Right Direction, Seniors Advocate Says
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in support of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's...
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Oct 15, 2009Obama Seniors PaymentCategory:Press Releases Retirees Laud Obama Support for $250 Payment to Seniors
Would Help Those Struggling in Recession; Health Reform Must Come Next
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in support of...
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Vice President Meets with Seniors, Touts Benefits of Health Reform WASHINGTON - Retiree leaders and activists are praising Vice President Joseph Biden, who earlier today visited the Leisure World retirement community in Silver...
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Sep 15, 2009Lynda Bird Johnson Robb StatementCategory:Press Releases Lynda Bird Johnson Robb Tells Retirees:
Medicare is Being "Maligned" in the Health Care Debate
In a special videotaped message made available by the Alliance for Retired Americans, Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, the daughter of former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, is speaking...
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Health Insurance Reform Good for Americans of All Ages
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to President Obama's address this...
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Sep 1, 2009RNC TV ad RebuttalCategory:Press Releases RNC Targets Anxious Seniors in "Scare Tactics" Ad Campaign
Seniors Being Misled, Retiree Leader Says
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to Republican National Committee...
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Aug 27, 2009HHS Seniors ReportCategory:Press Releases New Report Shows Seniors to Benefit from Health Care Reform
Retiree Leader Calls for End to "Scare Tactics"
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to a new report,...
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Aug 26, 2009Kennedy StatementCategory:Press Releases Retired Americans Mourn Loss of Senator Kennedy
The following statement was issued today by Alliance for Retired Americans President Barbara J. Easterling, Secretary-Treasurer Ruben Burks, and Executive Director Edward F. Coyle, on the death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
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Aug 24, 2009Michael Steele RebuttalCategory:Press Releases Retiree Leader Rebuts RNC's False Health Care Claims
Seniors Outreach Contradicts Summer of Scare Tactics
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to Republican National...
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Outlines New Benefits for Retirees, Denounces Scare Tactics
Saying "retirees have a lot to gain from health care reform," Alliance for Retired Americans President Barbara J. Easterling...
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Jul 30, 2009Medicare's 44th BirthdayCategory:Press Releases Retirees Celebrate Medicare's Birthday, Urge Congress to Pass Health Care Reform
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on the 44th anniversary of Medicare.
Washington, D.C. - The Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund today awarded its fourth annual Bert and Annabel Seidman Prize for Advancing Social Policy to National Labor College (NLC) student Ken Erdmann, a member of the...
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Jun 17, 2009Lobby Day 2009Category:Press Releases Retirees Lobby Congress on Health Care Reform
Reject Taxation of Benefits, Support Stronger Medicare, Public Plan Option
Nearly 550 retirees, visiting Washington for the Alliance for Retired Americans Legislative Conference, will travel to Capitol Hill today to...
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May 20, 2009Capitol Hill BriefingCategory:Press Releases Retiree Leader: Medicare Reform Must Be Key Part of the Health Care Debate
The following statement was issued by Barbara J. Easterling, the President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, at a congressional briefing, "Medicare: A Critical Element of Health Care Reform." more...
May 12, 2009Trustees Report May 12, 2009Category:Social Security Beware of "Sky is Falling" Attempts to Cut Benefits, Coyle Says
The following statement was issued by Edward F. Coyle, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to Trustee Reports issued today for the Social Security and Medicare Trust...
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To mark Older Americans Month, the Alliance for Retired Americans today released a new report detailing the voting record of every U.S. Senator and Representative on key issues affecting current and future retirees.
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Apr 8, 2009Community Living Assistance Services and Supports ActCategory:Long Term Care
On March 25, 2009, Senator Edward Kennedy and Congressmen Frank Pallone introduced the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act of 2009 (CLASS Act, S. 697 and H.R. 1721); the bills would create an insurance program for adults who become functionally disabled.
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Mar 27, 2009South Carolina Retirees Address Long Term Care IssuesCategory:Press Releases
Local retirees gathered today at the Somerby of Mt. Pleasant Retirement Community to participate in a town hall meeting for seniors faced with supporting aging loved ones or planning their own long term care.
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Chance to Reaffirm National Commitment to Social Security, Coyle Says
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, the Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans and an invited...
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Feb 19, 2009Barbara EasterlingCategory:Press Releases Easterling Elected President of Alliance for Retired Americans
Washington DC - Barbara J. Easterling was elected today as President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, succeeding George J. Kourpias as the leader of the grassroots advocacy organization. The vote took place...
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Feb 17, 2009National Lobby WeekCategory:Press Releases Retirees Promote Lower Drug Costs,
Expanded Medicare Coverage
National Lobby Week Held During Congressional Recess
Washington DC - In nearly 70 meetings this week with their U.S. Representatives and Senators, activists with the Alliance for Retired Americans...
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The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, concerning the Economic Recovery Package outlined by Rep. Charlie Rangel, Chairman of the...
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In a resolution unanimously adopted today by its Board of Directors, the Alliance joined business and labor groups in calling for immediate action by Washington. Congress may consider this issue when it reconvenes next week.
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Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) will join over a thousand area retirees on Friday for a Pittsburgh rally in support of presidential candidate Barack Obama.
The event, organized by the Alliance for Retired Americans, is...
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Oct 17, 2008Senator Clinton to Rally Florida Seniors for ObamaCategory:Press Releases Senator Clinton to Rally Florida Seniors for Obama
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) will join over two thousand area retirees on Monday for a West Palm Beach rally in support of presidential candidate Barack Obama.
The event, organized by the Alliance for Retired Americans,...
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Oct 15, 2008Anxious Seniors Looking for Real Solutions in Final DebateCategory:Press Releases Anxious Seniors Looking for Real Solutions in Final Debate The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans:
“In a time of economic anxiety, worried retirees will tonight be looking to John McCain for...
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Oct 7, 2008Anxious Retirees Looking for Straight Talk on McCain Social Security PlansCategory:Press Releases Anxious Retirees Looking for Straight Talk on McCain Social Security Plans The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans.
“In tonight’s debate, America’s retirees will be looking to Senator John...
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Oct 6, 2008Retirees Warn McCain Health Plan Would Slash MedicareCategory:Medicare Press Releases Retirees Warn McCain Health Plan Would Slash Medicare
The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal that Senator John McCain’s health care proposal would...
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Sep 15, 2008“Retirees with the Write Stuff” Campaign Aims to Strengthen Senior VoiceCategory:Press Releases “Retirees with the Write Stuff” Campaign Aims to Strengthen Senior Voice Write Letter, Win Pen, Advocacy Group Says With threats to Social Security and Medicare and mounting economic anxiety, it is more important than ever for retirees to make their voices heard in their local...
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Aug 28, 2008Ad Buy Western PennsylvaniaCategory:Press Releases Retirees Bolster TV Campaign on McCain Social Security “Disgrace” Comments
Alliance for Retired Americans to Continue Airing Ads Until Senator Apologizes;
Western Pennsylvania Buy Coincides with McCain Visit Saturday
25 Grassroots Events Criticize McCain Record,
Laud “One of Our Nation’s Greatest Success Stories” Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, made the following statement today at a...
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The Alliance for Retired Americans today launched a television advertising campaign to respond to a recent statement by Senator John McCain that Social Security is “a disgrace.”
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Jul 17, 2008Will John McCain Return the Social Security Check He Calls a “Disgrace?”Category:Press Releases Will John McCain Return the Social Security Check He Calls a “Disgrace?” The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans.
“Retirees are puzzled by today’s media accounts that Senator John McCain...
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Jul 15, 2008Retired Americans Outraged at Bush Veto of Medicare BillCategory:Press Releases Retired Americans Outraged at Bush Veto of Medicare Bill The following statement was issued today by George J. Kourpias, President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to President Bush’s veto of H.R. 6331.
“Through his misguided veto of the Medicare bill,...
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Jul 9, 2008Retired Americans Welcome Back Senator KennedyCategory:Press Releases The following statement was issued today by George J. Kourpias, President of the Alliance for Retired Americans.
“On behalf of the 3.5 million members of the Alliance for Retired Americans, I want to welcome back Senator M. Kennedy to Washington, D.C. He has been in our daily...
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This morning at the U.S. Capitol, Sadie Coleman, Vice President of the Maryland/DC Alliance for Retired Americans, shared her struggle with the high costs of fuel and healthcare, and the sacrifices she has had to make to...
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New Hampshire retirees, at a time of rising economic anxiety, are calling upon their state’s congressional delegation to oppose the privatization of Social Security.
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May 21, 2008Retired Americans Extend Best Wishes to Senator KennedyCategory:Press Releases Retired Americans Extend Best Wishes to Senator Kennedy The following statement was issued today by George J. Kourpias, President of the Alliance for Retired Americans.
“On behalf of the 3.5 million members of the Alliance for Retired Americans, I want to extend our...
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May 14, 2008Senator McCain Evades the Truth About His Social Security PlanCategory:Social Security Senator McCain Evades the Truth About His Social Security Plan
Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, responds to the confusing, muddled comments about Social Security privatization made by Senator John McCain on Live with Regis and Kelly.
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Marking the beginning of Older Americans Month, a new congressional voting record released today by the Alliance for Retired Americans details the voting record of every U.S. Senator and Representative on key issues affecting current and future retirees.
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Apr 15, 2008McCain Medicare Plan Targets SeniorsCategory:Friday Alerts McCain Medicare Plan Targets Seniors, Gives Free Ride to Drug and Insurance Companies The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans: "Senator John McCain’s plan to charge many seniors higher prices for their...
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Mar 10, 2008McCain New Hampshire Social Security EventCategory:Social Security
On the eve of Senator John McCain's visit to Exeter, the New Hampshire Alliance for Retired Americans will unite outside the Concord Legislative Office Building to protest his plan for Social Security privatization. Local seniors will urge McCain and his Senate colleagues John Sununu and Judd...
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Mar 6, 2008McCain Social Security ProtestCategory:Social Security
On March 7, the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans will unite with Arizona retirees and a coalition of public interest groups outside a Phoenix Social Security office to protest Senator John McCain’s support for Social Security privatization.
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Feb 12, 2008Bush Budget Harms SeniorsCategory:Medicare Press Releases
The following statement was issued today by Judy Cato, Executive Vice President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding President Bush’s budget.
"The President’s cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will compound the problems facing seniors and millions of other Americans...
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Feb 11, 2008Social Security Office Closings Press ReleaseCategory:Social Security
The following statement was issued today by Edward Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to plans to close Social Security Administration offices around the country.
Today, we have come together to tell Congress to pass H.R. 5110, which Rep. Higgins...
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Feb 4, 2008Medicare Budget Press ReleaseCategory:Medicare Press Releases
The following statement was issued today by George J. Kourpias, President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to President Bush's final budget proposal.
The $178 billion in Medicare cuts proposed today by President Bush targets the most vulnerable - seniors who need Medicare...
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Jan 29, 2008State of the Union ResponseCategory:Medicare Press Releases The following statement was issued today by George J. Kourpias, President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to President Bush’s final State of the Union address.
Retired Americans, in a time of great economic anxiety, were looking to President Bush for a sign that...
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Dec 4, 2007Seniors Bring $2 Bills and 48,000 Petitions to Congress, Urge Medicare ReformCategory:Medicare Press Releases
Seniors from the Alliance for Retired Americans joined the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM) on Capitol Hill to deliver 48,000 signed petitions urging the Senate to eliminate billions in subsidies to private insurance companies.
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Oct 18, 2007Retirees Say Partisan Politics Trumped Children’s HealthCategory:Health Care
The Alliance for Retired Americans is deeply disappointed in the failure of Congress to put aside partisan politics and vote to override President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), House Roll Call No. 982.
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Oct 11, 2007Arizonans Name “Health Care Hero”Category:Government and Political Affairs
Tucson, AZ – Tomorrow morning, the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans will lead an intergenerational delegation in thanking Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8) for being their “healthcare hero.” The group of retirees and children will present the Congresswoman with an award and card,...
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Oct 3, 2007October 3, 2007Category:Prescription Drugs
A new report for the Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund (ARAEF) details the shocking extent of price gouging by pharmaceutical companies and concludes that for millions of Americans, high drug prices are a major barrier to maintaining an acceptable quality of life.
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Sep 25, 2007September 25, 2007Category:Health Care
This Thursday, September 27, 2007, Steve Skvara, a retired steelworker serving on the Board of the Indiana Alliance of Retired Americans, will talk to Oprah Winfrey about losing his pension and health insurance, and asking his now famous question, “What’s Wrong with America?” The Oprah...
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Sep 4, 2007September 4, 2007Category:Medicare Press Releases Senator Hillary Clinton Thanks Alliance Retirees for Their Commitment, Dedication Presidential Candidate speaks to Hundreds of Seniors Gathered at Alliance for Retired Americans’ Legislative Conference Democratic Presidential candidate and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton...
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Jul 30, 2007July 30, 2007Category:Medicare Press Releases On 42nd Anniversary, Medicare Faces Crossroads Help for Seniors Threatened by Big Subsidies to Insurance Companies more...
Jul 23, 2007July 23, 2007Category:Medicare Press Releases Medicare Advantage a Disadvantage to Seniors Retirees Across the Country Are Calling Members of Congress on Monday to Stop Overpayments to Private Insurance Companies
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