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• KFF Health News: Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People

  April 11, 2025: President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for health programs such as Medicaid...Read more >

• Preparing for the Pain off Possible Mid-Year Budget Cuts in New York State

  April 07, 2025:   Albany is moving through the familiar choreography of creating an annual state spending plan while it’s quite possible that whatever the leaders come up with will be blown to bits later in the year by federal cuts. Republican...Read more >

• Project 2025 is Alive and Well in America April 2025

  April 03, 2025:   Remember during the campaign Project 2025, designed and published by the Conservative organization the Heritage Foundation when many were worried.  President Trump disavowed any knowledge of it despite the fact that it had policies tha...Read more >

• Call for “Good Trouble” by NYSARA Members

  March 05, 2025:  NYSARA President, Barry Kaufmann, is asking members to consider getting into "good trouble" as former Congressman John Lewis famously said.  We are urging all NYSARA members to let their voices be heard by their elected federal representativ...Read more >

• HOW FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS WILL HURT YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK

  March 05, 2025: Background: Republicans in Congress are currently working with Trump and Musk to cut up to $2.5 trillion in public programs to fund $4.7 to $5.5 trillion in tax cuts for the super-rich and wealthy corporations – they’re taking money from our fam...Read more >

• Press Conference for NYSARA And Partners Age Strong New York Coalition Held February 11

  February 16, 2025: NYSARA and its partners had a press conference and follow up legislator meetings on Tuesday February 11.  NYSARA and its partners LiveOn NY, Lifespan, AARP, Association on Aging in New York, Statewide Senior Action Network ...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Biden Administration Bars Medical Debt From Credit Scores

  January 08, 2025: The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a major new consumer protection just days before President Joe Biden is set to leave office. The rules ...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Resources Are Expanding for Older Adults on Their Own

  December 13, 2024: Jeff Kromrey, 69, will sit down with his daughter the next time she visits and show her how to access his online accounts if he has an unexpected health crisis. Gayle Williams-Brett, 69, plans to tackle a project she’s been putting off for month...Read more >

• The 2024 Election, A Post Mortem New York State Perspective By Barry A. Kaufmann, NYSARA President

  November 23, 2024: The 2024 election did not further the objectives of seniors in New York or the nation.  The results were disappointing to many NYSARA members who know that attacks on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act are likely t...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Lack of Affordability Tops Older Americans’ List of Health Care Worries

  July 11, 2024: What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies, and their ability to pay. “It’s on our minds a whole lot because of our age and because everything keeps getting more expens...Read more >