Members of NYSARA participated in the health survey conducted by the CNYH. CNYH completed 2,409 Healthcare Rights and Access Surveys with residents all over New York State. CNYH trained volunteers on how to implement the survey, and collected results in person, over the phone, ... Read more
In New York State, the best way to ensure that your health care wishes are known and followed is to use Advance Directives. These are legal documents that will speak for you if you are unable to speak for yourself. A Health Care Proxy allows you to appoint someone to make dec... Read more
Speakers: Adrian Espasito - noted conservation expert and Barry A. Kaufmann, President of the NYS Alliance for Retired Americans... Read more
On Thursday the national Alliance released its 2018 Congressional Voting Record scoring each U.S. Senator and Representative’s votes on critical retirement security issues. “Most politicians say they care about seniors on the campaign trail, but their Voting Record shows ... Read more
How much can government negotiations drive down the cost of prescription drugs for patients? In other countries where the government negotiates directly for prescription drugs, costs are significantly lower for the same drugs than in the United States--some drugs are... Read more
On March 26th NYSARA President Barry A. Kaufmann sent a letter to Senator Chuck Schumer, US Senate Minority leader (D/NYS), asking him to nominate Eric Kingson to the vacant Social Security Public Trustee position. Traditionally, the Senate Leader from the opposite party send... Read more
NYSARA President Barry A. Kaufmann and Executive Director Steve Madarasz will be making appointments to visit all the freshman members of the NYS congressional delegation in March April and May. During those meetings NYSARA leadership will educate Congressional representative... Read more
Social Security Works for New York's Children Social Security provided benefits to 240,564 New York children in 2016. 1 in 14 (6.8%) New York beneficiaries Social Security Works for New York's People of Color Social Security provided benefits to 2 in 7 (28.6%) Afri... Read more
More than 200 House Democrats on Wednesday reintroduced legislation that would expand Social Security benefits and gradually ramp up how much workers contribute to the social insurance program. The Social Security 2100 Act calls for an across-the-board benefit increase equal... Read more