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• Seniors’ Health Care Is At Risk Again

  June 18, 2017: Last week Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fast tracked consideration of the Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act which will place seniors' health care at risk again. The Senate will bypass the committee process and won...Read more >

• Don’t Become a Victim of Medicare Card Fraud

  June 05, 2017: From the Pierce County Human Services: Don’t Become a Victim of Medicare Card Fraud Medicare will begin sending beneficiaries new cards in 2018. It won’t have your Social Security Number on it. It will contain your brand-new Medicare Beneficia...Read more >

• Social Security Website Is About To Get a Security Upgrade

  May 15, 2017: If you have an online Social Security account, you will soon need to take an additional step to access your personal information. In a move aimed at boosting protection for online users, the Social Security Administration as of June 10 will require t...Read more >

• KHN – A Squeaker In The House Becomes Headache For The Senate: 5 Things To Watch

  May 05, 2017: By Julie Rovner, May 4, 2017 Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. After weeks of will-they-or-won’t-they tensions, the House managed to pass its GOP rep...Read more >

• Ken Pease About the Importance of Medicare

  February 10, 2017: Alliance member Ken Pease from Fairfax, Virginia, joined senators and other seniors in stating his concerns about Price’s nomination at a Facebook Live event on Capitol Hill. Mr Pease was joined by Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, as well as Debbie...Read more >

• New Bill Seeks to Improve Medicare Coverage

  September 24, 2016: By Casey Schwarz from the September 22, 2016 Medicare Watch Congress took steps this week to improve Medicare coverage and enrollment rules by introducing the “The Medicare Affordability and Enrollment Act of 2016.” If passed, the bill wo...Read more >

• 2016 ‘Senior Champion’ Awards Banquet

  September 15, 2016: Come help us celebrate our 15 Year Anniversary with a party and a new tradition, a fall fund raiser to benefit our C4 organization, to be held on Saturday, October 29th.  We plan to honor Representative Adam Smith as this year's recipient and rec...Read more >

• KHN: Study Finds Benefits When Seniors Call Shots To Help Them

  September 08, 2016: By: Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. A federally funded project that researchers say has potential to promote aging in place began by asking ...Read more >

• Celebrate National Senior Citizens Day by Supporting Raise Up Washington YES 1433

  August 20, 2016: National Senior Citizens Day is tomorrow, August 21st, a day to recognize the contributions seniors make across our country. However, when most folks think about older people, they think of retirees. But many seniors are still in the work force and d...Read more >

• Retirees endorse Mike Kreidler for The Office of the Insurance Commissioner

  August 12, 2016: The National Alliance for Retired Americans announces their endorsed federal candidates once primaries are over. They mail questionnaires to primary winners and score answers from the candidates. Since their national endorsement of Hillary Clinton fo...Read more >