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• Aug 14, 2008 Seniors Honor Social Security, Worry About McCain    Seniors Honor Social Security, Worry About McCain
  
  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...    more...   
• Jul 30, 2008 Roadmap for Medicare's Future Released on Medicare's 43rd Anniversary    Comprehensive Roadmap for Medicare Released
  
  Coalition Looks to Future of Medicare as Program Celebrates its 43rd Anniversary
  
  On the 43rd anniversary of Medicare, the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO), representing 56 national senior membership...    more...   
• Jul 22, 2008 Retirees Launch TV Ads on McCain Social Security “Disgrace” Comments   
  Retirees Launch TV Ads on McCain Social Security “Disgrace” Comments
  
  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.”    more...   
• Jul 17, 2008 Will John McCain Return the Social Security Check He Calls a “Disgrace?”    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...    more...   
• Jul 16, 2008 Retiree Leader Joins Labor, Progressive Leaders in Condemning McCain Social Security “Disgrace” Comments    The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans. Coyle participated in a telephone press conference with leaders of labor and other progressive groups to discuss recent statements by Senator John McCain.    more...   
• Jul 15, 2008 Retired Americans Outraged at Bush Veto of Medicare Bill    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,...    more...   
• Jul 9, 2008 Retired Americans Welcome Back 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 welcome back Senator M. Kennedy to Washington, D.C. He has been in our daily...    more...   
• Jul 9, 2008 Retired Americans Outraged at Senator McCain Calling Social Security “a Disgrace”    Retired Americans Outraged at Senator McCain Calling Social Security “a Disgrace”
  The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans.
  
  “Senator John McCain revealed how badly out of touch he is with the...    more...   
• Jun 13, 2008 Alliance Member Stands Up for Seniors on Fixed Incomes    Alliance Member Stands Up for Seniors on Fixed Incomes
  
  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...    more...   
• May 28, 2008 New Hampshire Retirees Concerned About Threats to Social Security    New Hampshire Retirees Concerned about Threats to Social Security
  
  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.    more...   
• May 21, 2008 Retired Americans Extend Best Wishes to Senator Kennedy    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...    more...   
• May 14, 2008 Senator McCain Evades the Truth About His Social Security Plan    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.    more...   
• May 1, 2008 Voting Record Press Release    Voting Record Press Release
  
  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.    more...   
• Apr 15, 2008 McCain Medicare Plan Targets Seniors    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...    more...   
• Mar 10, 2008 McCain New Hampshire Social Security Event    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...    more...   
• Mar 6, 2008 McCain Social Security Protest    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.    more...   
• Feb 12, 2008 Bush Budget Harms Seniors    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...    more...   
• Feb 11, 2008 Social Security Office Closings Press Release    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...    more...   
• Feb 4, 2008 Medicare Budget Press Release    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...    more...   
• Jan 29, 2008 State of the Union Response    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...    more...   
• Dec 4, 2007 Seniors Bring $2 Bills and 48,000 Petitions to Congress, Urge Medicare Reform    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.    more...   
• Oct 18, 2007 Retirees Say Partisan Politics Trumped Children’s Health    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.    more...   
• Oct 11, 2007 Arizonans Name “Health Care Hero”    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,...    more...   
• Oct 3, 2007 October 3, 2007    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.    more...   
• Sep 25, 2007 September 25, 2007    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...    more...   
• Sep 4, 2007 September 4, 2007    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...    more...   
• Jul 30, 2007 July 30, 2007    On 42nd Anniversary, Medicare Faces Crossroads
  Help for Seniors Threatened by Big Subsidies to Insurance Companies    more...   
• Jul 23, 2007 July 23, 2007    Medicare Advantage a Disadvantage to Seniors
  Retirees Across the Country Are Calling Members of Congress
  on Monday to Stop Overpayments to Private Insurance Companies    more...   
• Jun 14, 2007 June 14, 2007    Update for Verizon Retirees
  On May 3, 2007, the Alliance for Retired Americans issued a press release which indicated that the Verizon Corporation had told the Communications Workers of America that it “wanted to eliminate all retiree health care in 2008.” For the record, this...    more...   
• Jun 11, 2007 June 11, 2007    Many of the lawmakers who did the most damage to the health and economic well-being of America’s seniors during the second session of the 109th Congress no longer hold office, according to the results of the Alliance for Retired Americans’ 2006 Voting Record released today.    more...   
• Jun 7, 2007 June 7, 2007    Retiree Advocate Says Medicare Advantage Helps Insurance Companies, Not Seniors; Program is a Form of “Corporate Welfare”    more...   
• May 30, 2007 May 30, 2007    Grantville, PA – Over 100 Pennsylvania retirees today concluded a two-day meeting to learn about important public policy issues facing seniors and address unmet needs of the rapidly expanding age group.    more...   
• May 7, 2007 May 7, 2007    The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans:
  “Today’s vote on prescription drug reimportation legislation in the U.S. Senate is a major disappointment. The Cochran amendment to the Dorgan amendment of bill...    more...   
• Apr 25, 2007 April 25, 2007    The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in reaction to recent federal reports on the economic vitality of Medicare and Social Security: “The Medicare and Social Security Trustees Reports issued this week...    more...   
• Jan 24, 2007 January 24, 2007    State of the Union Rebuttal from George J. Kourpias    more...   
• Jan 23, 2007 January 23, 2007    State of the Union Pre-buttal Statement from George J. Kourpias    more...   
• Jan 12, 2007 January 12, 2007    Seniors Advocate: House Medicare Vote “Triumph of the Public Interest over the Special Interest”    more...   
• Dec 11, 2006 December 11, 2006    New Report Looks at $7 Million Bush Administration “Whitewash” on Seniors Conference    more...   
• Dec 11, 2006 New Report Looks at $7 Million Bush Administration “Whitewash” on Seniors Conference On the first anniversary of the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, the Alliance for Retired Americans today released a sharply-worded rebuttal to a Bush administration summary of the conference which grossly misrepresented the views of the delegates on issues such as Medicare and Social...    more...
• Sep 22, 2006 September 22, 2006    Alliance for Retired Americans Comment on Wal-Mart Plan to Offer $4 Prescription Drugs    more...   
• Sep 18, 2006 September 18, 2006    Alliance for Retired Americans Condemns White House “Whitewash” on Aging Report    more...   
• Sep 11, 2006 September 8, 2006    Retirees Gather in Washington, Vow Aggressive Fall Campaign to Educate, Mobilize Seniors    more...   
• Sep 11, 2006 September 7, 2006    Angry Seniors Tell Congress: Medicare “Donut Hole” No Treat for Seniors    more...   
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