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• Alliance Seeks Open Government as Fiscal Commission Holds Its First Meeting

  April 23, 2010: Two important summit meetings will be held in Washington next week to discuss ways of reducing the federal deficit. The first will be President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, which holds its first meeting on Tuesday,...Read more >

• New Health Reform Law Extends Election Period to Change Part D Plan

  April 16, 2010: The new health reform law changes and extends the annual enrollment period for Medicare Part D plans.  Anyone interested in switching plans should keep in mind the new enrollment period is now October 15 - December 7. Note that the Centers for M...Read more >

• Barbara Easterling, Ruben Burks Re-elected as Leaders of the Alliance

  April 09, 2010: The Alliance's 2010 national convention took place in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday through Thursday of this week.  On Wednesday, Barbara J. Easterling, who has been President of the Alliance since February of 2009, was re-elected to a four-year term....Read more >

• President Obama Signs Health Care Reform into Law One More Time

  April 01, 2010: On Tuesday, President Obama put his final signature on the health reform bill that has been front and center in the news this year and last.  One of the bill's provisions, the establishment of a federally funded program to cover people turned down b...Read more >

• Health Care Reform: What’s in it for Seniors

  March 26, 2010: The Senate-passed health care reform bill dramatically cleared the House on a 219-212 vote Sunday night, and President Obama signed it into law on Tuesday.  Please see the Alliance's Special Edition Friday Alert of March 23 at http://bit.ly/dttZ01 f...Read more >

• House Passes Historic Health Care Bill, Obama Signs It Into Law

  March 23, 2010: House Democrats passed their landmark health care reform on a party-line 219-212 vote late Sunday night, marking an achievement that has been compared to the enactment of Social Security and Medicare.  For a complete tally of the House vote to appro...Read more >

• Historic House Health Care Vote is Expected on Sunday

  March 19, 2010: House Democrats are "pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Barack Obama's promise to expand coverage while slashing the deficit," according to the Associated ...Read more >

• PARA Statement on the Retirement of PA AFL-CIO President Bill George

  March 15, 2010: For Immediate Release October 15th, 2010                                                       Pennsylvania Retirees Thank Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Bill George for his Years of Service  ...Read more >

• In Week of Health Care Developments, Thousands Gather to Rally Against Insurers

  March 12, 2010: Tens of thousands of activists, seniors, union members, and religious leaders protested against insurance company abuses on Tuesday in front of the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C., where America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) leaders were meeting.Â...Read more >

• $250 Payment to Social Security Recipients Voted Down By Senate

  March 05, 2010: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) lost a bid on Wednesday to boost the income of millions of Social Security recipients and offset the elimination of the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2010.  His amendment calling for $13 billion to f...Read more >