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• May is Older Americans Month

  May 06, 2011: Honoring the contributions of older Americans across the nation, President Obama proclaimed the Older Americans Month theme this year is “Connecting the Community.” The President acknowledges how social media and new technology allow seniors to r...Read more >

• Pennsylvania Retirees Urge Legislature to defy Governor Corbett and use the state’s surplus to offset Budget Cuts

  May 05, 2011: For Immediate Release   May 5th, 2011           Pennsylvania Retirees Urge Legislature to defy Governor Corbett and use the state’s surplus to offset Budget Cuts The money could go to restoring cuts to Education and Health Care that wo...Read more >

• In More Than 50 Cities, Activists Say, “Don’t Make Us Work ‘Til We Die!”

  April 29, 2011: This week, the Alliance, in coordination with the Strengthen Social Security Campaign and other groups, held events in more than 50 cities to counter Rep. Paul Ryan’s Republican budget, which passed in the House two weeks ago. The budget included p...Read more >

• The Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans joins Seniors and Workers to Ask Members of Congress Not to Make Them “Work ‘Til We Die”

  April 26, 2011: PENNSYLVANIA ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS 319 Market Street, 3rd Floor ¨ Harrisburg, PA 17101¨ (717) 231-2866 ¨ www.pennretiredamericans.org For Immediate Release April 26th, 2011            **MEDIA ADVISORY** The Pennsylvania Allianc...Read more >

• Alliance Members Tell Congress, “Don’t Make Us Work ‘Til We Die!”

  April 21, 2011: Last Friday, the U.S. House approved a draconian 2012 budget that ends Medicare as we know it, provides a roadmap for eliminating Social Security, and cuts $1.4 trillion from Medicaid over 10 years. Meanwhile, in the Senate, there is a major bipartis...Read more >

• Alliance Reacts to President Obama’s Plan to Reduce the National Deficit

  April 15, 2011: On Wednesday, President Obama gave a speech outlining his plan for reducing the national deficit by $4 trillion before 2023. The President’s framework rejects plans that would “end Medicare as we know it” or transform Medicaid into a dramatical...Read more >

• Republican Budget Would Drastically Alter Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security

  April 08, 2011: On Tuesday, House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) released a proposal to cut more than $4 trillion in federal spending over the next decade through drastic changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Ryan’s plan privatizes Medicare,...Read more >

• PARA Position on Public School Vouchers (SB1)

  April 05, 2011: The Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans strongly opposes Senate Bill 1 – the so-called “voucher” legislation.  As a seniors organization, PARA has several interests at play in opposing this bill.  First, PARA believes it will place ev...Read more >

• House GOP Leader: Social Security “Cannot Exist” for Future Generations

  April 01, 2011: Discussing the future of Social Security, U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) told an NPR radio interviewer earlier this week, “We're going to have to come to grips with the fact that these programs cannot exist if we want America to be w...Read more >

• Alliance Commemorates One-Year Anniversary of Health Care Reform

  March 25, 2011: Wednesday, March 23 was the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s signing of the Affordable Care Act – the nation’s historic health care reform law - and Alliance activists held events around the country this week to mark the occasion. Memb...Read more >