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• NYSARA Biennial Election Convention 2018 Officers and Directors Elected/ ARA Executive Director Addresses Group

  April 25, 2018: The biennial election convention of the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans began on the night of April 18th with its Board of Directors meeting.  At this meeting retiring Board members Doug Matousek, Walter Dunn and Floyd Cameron were r...Read more >

• HEALTHCARE COMPANIES: THE LEAST DESERVING TAX-CUT WINNERS

  April 25, 2018:   Among corporations, few fare better under the new Republican tax law—while deserving it less—than big drug companies and health insurers. Both the pharmaceutical and health-insurance industries have grown rich and powerful over the year...Read more >

• New York State Adopts Voluntary Retirement Savings Program

  April 02, 2018: New York is among a growing number of states that have now passed legislation to create government-sponsored payroll-deduction retirement programs for small businesses. Personal finance expert Jean Chatzky notes 52 percent of American households age ...Read more >

• Lifting Therapy Caps Is A Load Off Medicare Patients’ Shoulders

  March 21, 2018: The federal budget agreement Congress approved last month removes annual caps on how much Medicare pays for physical, occupational or speech therapy and streamlines the medical review process. It applies to people in traditional Medicare as wel...Read more >

• NYSARA Regional Chapters – Getting Involved

  February 26, 2018: NYSARA currently has five regional geographic chapters and one in development.  These chapters are located in New York City, Long Island, the Capital District, Central New York and Western New York.  Currently a chapter in Westchester/Putnam is u...Read more >

• New York’s proposed best interest standard for annuities and life insurance

  February 19, 2018: On Monday, November 27th the United States labor department postponed from Jan. 1, 2018, to July 1, 2019, the fiduciary rule that established the applicability of a legally binding contract between brokers and retirement-account clients that requi...Read more >

• New Tax Law and its impact on Medicare and Medicaid

  January 29, 2018: On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed H.R. 1 into law, giving permanent and massive tax cuts to corporations and wealthy Americans. The tax cuts are partially funded by eliminating health insurance for 13 million Americans and limiting...Read more >

• A Call to NYSARA Members to Complete Health Rights and Access Survey

  January 11, 2018: The Campaign for New York Health, one of our partners to pass enhanced medicare for all,  is dedicated to winning truly universal health care without financial barriers and the Health Rights & Access Survey is the tool they are using to prio...Read more >

• From NYSARA President Barry A. Kaufmann 2017 year in review and a look ahead to 2018

  January 02, 2018: The year 2017 will go down as one of the most active and bizarre years for seniors in recent memory. NYSARA and our national affiliate the ARA had an extremely busy year. While not always successful in our efforts we made our voices known and heard. ...Read more >

• NYC Chapter of NYSARA at the UFT for ARA President Roach

  December 18, 2017: Pictured left to right: Armando Mandes, Vice President NYC Chapter, Debra Penny, Teacher Member, TRS, Marvin Goodman, chapter exec board Robert Roach, President ARA, Doris Welch, Chapter President and Jay Cee Holden, chapter treasurer The UFT Retire...Read more >