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Join the Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans as they celebrate the anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Activists will hold a cake cutting ceremony and distribute information about the programs. Location: Dixwell/Newhallville Senior Center, 255 Goffe Street, New Haven, CT, 06511 Time: August 16, 2017, 1:00 PM Contact Bette Marafino at elizabethmarafino@gmail.com for more details. The post Celebrate
Read moreIn 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 (AZ) joined all Democratic senators in voting against the legislation, defeating the bill 51-49. The partial repeal of the ACA, dubbed the “skinny repeal,” was
Read moreJoin the Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans as they celebrate the anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Activists will hold a cake cutting ceremony and distribute information about the programs. Location: Missouri Veterans Home, 620 N Jefferson Street, St. James, MO, 65559 Time: August 18, 2017, 1:30 PM Time: Contact Dave Meinell at (314) 604-1316 or dmeinell@district9.org for
Read moreJoin the Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans as they celebrate the anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Activists will hold a cake cutting ceremony and distribute information about the programs. Location: Missouri Veterans Home, 10600 Lewis and Clark Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63136 Time: August 16, 2017, 1:30 PM Time: Contact Dave Meinell at (314) 604-1316 or dmeinell@district9.org for more
Read more“A new spotlight report by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) indicates that opioid misuse among adults aged 50 or older in 2014 was higher than 2002. The misuse of opioids includes either the use of heroin or the nonmedical use of prescription pain
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