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By Fred Schulte Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. When Sol Shipotow enrolled in a new Medicare Advantage health plan earlier this year, he expected to keep the doctor who treats his serious eye condition. “That turned out not to be
Read moreAfter weeks of writing the legislation secretly, followed by a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report estimating that the Senate’s health care bill would leave 22 million Americans uninsured, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday announced that he would postpone the vote on the bill. The bill has so far failed to get the support
Read moreOlder Americans Would be Hard Hit The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to media reports on the Senate Republicans’ latest plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “The Senate Republican leadership’s latest try at an Obamacare repeal bill seeks to placate the most
Read moreThe following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trustees reports issued today on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds: “Social Security remains strong and able to meet its obligations well into the future. The 2017 Social Security Trustees report found that Social Security will
Read moreThe Chicago Metro Chapter of the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, including Corresponding Secretary of the chapter Bea Lumpkin, recently launched INTERGEN, a coalition focusing on common issues and priorities. The spark for the partnership came in October 2016 when both Illinois Alliance members and young activists attended an Early Voting rally. Since then, the
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