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• American Stories: Social Security Successes

  August 06, 2010: The Alliance has received a great response to its American Stories Project, a compilation of anecdotes about how Social Security has impacted members’ lives, or the lives of a family member; neighbor or friend. The compilation is a lead-up to celeb...Read more >

• August 6, 2010 Friday Alert

  July 23, 2010: On July 30th, the federal Medicare program turns forty-five, and Alliance members will be celebrating the occasion with events all across the country.  The events will serve to remind lawmakers and the general public how important and efficient the ...Read more >

• Comments from Fiscal Commissioners, New Study Concern Seniors

  July 16, 2010: On Sunday, the co-chairmen of President Barack Obama’s fiscal commission offered an ominous assessment of the nation’s economic future, calling current budgetary trends a “cancer” that will destroy the country from within unless checked by to...Read more >

• Social Security: House Minority Leader Raises Renewed Privatization Fears

  July 09, 2010: House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) stated this week that he is unsure whether the Republican Party will revive their 2005 movement to privatize Social Security. Recently, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a member of the president’s Fiscal Commission o...Read more >

• Alliance Executive Director Testifies in Front of the Fiscal Commission

  July 02, 2010: On Wednesday, Alliance Executive Director Edward F. Coyle testified in front of the president’s Fiscal Commission, which is charged with addressing the nation’s national debt.  Coyle conveyed to the committee’s board members that retirees are ...Read more >

• Congress Delivers President Obama a ‘Doc Fix’ Bill

  June 25, 2010: After realizing that combining the 'Doc Fix' provision with a jobs creation package was not politically feasible, House Democrats promptly passed a six-month solution to the ongoing cuts in Medicare reimbursement rates to physicians.  The temporary ...Read more >

• Senior Issues take Center Stage in Nevada Senate Race

  June 18, 2010: Nevada Alliance members rushed to Republican/tea party Senate candidate Sharron Angle'soffice last Friday to protest her position on privatizing Social Security.  "She's extreme. She's dangerous," said NARA President Scott Watts.  Her opponent is S...Read more >

• Obama Talks to Seniors, including the Illinois Alliance President, at Tele-Town Hall

  June 11, 2010: The Alliance continues its involvement in the implementation process of the health care reform that President Obama signed into law in March.  On Tuesday, the Alliance, along with several other organizations, helped the White House and President Oba...Read more >

• Alliance Members Get the Chance to Ask President Obama Questions

  June 04, 2010: At a special event on Tuesday, June 8, Alliance members are invited to ask the President health care questions by telephone.  A few members of the Alliance will be attending the event - which will include information on benefits for seniors under t...Read more >

• House Passes “Doc Fix” for Seniors

  May 28, 2010: The U.S. House passed a watered-down version of H.R. 4213, "The American Jobs, Closing Tax Loopholes, and Preventing Outsourcing Act," on Friday.  The original bill was supposed to extend unemployment benefits, COBRA, and Federal Medicaid assistance...Read more >