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• Response to President’s Health Care Plan and Summit: Three Things You Can Do

  February 26, 2010: In order to bridge the differences between the U.S. House and Senate-passed health care bills - and continue to move reform forward - President Obama unveiled his Administration's own health plan on Monday.  The plan contains several major steps t...Read more >

• President Establishes Debt Commission to Look at Social Security and Medicare

  February 19, 2010: Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order establishing a commission to tackle the federal debt.  The commission's purpose is to reduce the federal budget deficit from 10% to 3% by 2015 and to propose ways to contain costs related t...Read more >

• Insurance Premium Increase of 39% in California Adds to Health Reform Urgency

  February 12, 2010: The health care problem remains on the center stage now that Anthem Blue Cross of California has unveiled rate increases of up to 39 percent for its 800,000 individual policyholders. The increases, which will take effect on March 1, far outpace the i...Read more >

• Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans Mourns the Loss of Congressman Murtha

  February 11, 2010: For Immediate Release February 11th, 2009 Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans Mourns the Loss of Congressman Murtha   The Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans is saddened to mark the passing of a champion for older Americans, ...Read more >

• President’s Budget Includes $250 Stimulus Payment for Social Security Recipients

  February 05, 2010: President Obama's Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposes a $250 payment to Social Security recipients.  The relief would come at a time when Social Security beneficiaries will not be receiving a normal cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) because of a formula...Read more >

• President Obama Delivers State of the Union Address

  January 29, 2010: During his State of the Union address on Wednesday, President Obama vocalized the critical need for a reduction in the federal deficit.  Alliance Executive Director Edward Coyle agreed with the sentiment but cautioned, "We cannot balance the budget ...Read more >

• Massachusetts’ Election of Scott Brown to U.S. Senate Threatens Health Reform

  January 22, 2010: The election in Massachusetts of Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday ended the Senate Democrats' supermajority in the chamber, and the first casualty of his victory could be the Democrats' health care overhaul.  Brown defeated Massa...Read more >

• Health Bill Moves Forward with Excise Tax Compromise

  January 15, 2010: Yesterday, White House officials, leaders in Congress and labor unions reached agreement on a proposal to limit the excise tax on higher-cost health insurance plans - a sticking point that had been a major obstacle to merging the House and Senate he...Read more >

• Senate and House Iron Out The Differences in Their Health Reform Bills

  January 08, 2010: Senate passage of its version of health reform legislation on Christmas Eve completed a historic year in Congress and in the nation's domestic policy debate.  The House and Senate will still have to resolve important differences in their bills this ...Read more >

• Pennsylvania Retirees Praise House of Representatives Passage of Health Care Reform Bill: HR 3962

  November 09, 2009: For Immediate Release Pennsylvania Retirees Praise House of Representatives Passage of Health Care Reform Bill: HR 3962   Will Lower Drug Costs, Shrink Seniors’ Medical Bills, Help Pre-Medicare Retirees, Improve Long-Term Care and Ensure the ...Read more >