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• KHN – Analysis: Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill

  January 18, 2018: By Susan Jaffe Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Colin Campbell needs help dressing, bathing and moving between his bed and his wheelchair. He has a f...Read more >

• KHN – Analysis: Trump Administration Clears Way To Force Some Medicaid Enrollees To Work

  January 11, 2018: By Phil Galewitz Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Trump administration early Thursday initiated a pivotal change in the Medicaid program, announc...Read more >

• KHN – Analysis: Trump Administration Relaxes Financial Penalties Against Nursing Homes

  January 02, 2018: by Jordan Rau Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Trump administration — reversing guidelines put in place under President Barack Obama — is sca...Read more >

• Senate Passes Budget that Slashes Medicare and Medicaid, Offers More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy

  October 20, 2017: The U.S. Senate voted 51-49 on Thursday to pass a budget that requires cuts of $473 billion from Medicare and about $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 10 years. The measure is estimated to add $1.5 trillion to the deficit over the next 10 years....Read more >

• 2018 Social Security COLA will be 2.0%; Not Enough to Offset Medicare Part B Premiums

  October 17, 2017: The Social Security Administration announced Friday that next year’s Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) will be 2.0%. That means an increase of $25 per month for the average beneficiary. According to the nonpartisan Kaiser Foundati...Read more >

• Update on Alliance Efforts to Help with Gulf Coast Disaster Relief

  September 06, 2017: The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) has been leading national Alliance efforts to pitch in on Gulf Coast disaster relief. The Alliance encourages that donations go to the Texas Worker Relief Fund, and several members have already sent $10...Read more >

• Alliance Pledges to be Part of the Hurricane Harvey Solution

  August 31, 2017: People around the world have been watching the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey in Gulf States, especially in Houston and surrounding areas in Texas and Louisiana. The Alliance sends its thoughts and prayers to the victims who are suffering th...Read more >

• Missouri Retirees Help Force Suspension of Anti-worker State Law

  August 24, 2017: Missouri Alliance members and other activists forced the suspension Friday of a new anti-worker state law before it goes into effect, delivering dozens of boxes of signed petitions demanding it be put to a public vote in 2018. Thirty-seven Missour...Read more >

• Americans Keep their Health Care as Repeal Bill Fails in Senate

  August 04, 2017: In a major victory for older Americans concerned about health care costs, the Senate failed to pass a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) last Friday. Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (AK), and John McCain (A...Read more >

• KHN – Analysis: 5 Ways White House Can Use Its Muscle To Undercut Obamacare

  July 31, 2017: By Shefali Luthra Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. About an hour after the Senate’s dramatic third attempt to repeal Obamacare fell short — and a...Read more >