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• NYSARA Virtual Town Hall on Winter Wellness for Seniors Presents Valuable Information

  January 20, 2022: Franklin County Director of Public Health Katie Strack was special guest of NYSARA for a virtual Town Hall Meeting focused on Winter Wellness for Seniors on Wed. Jan. 12. Not surprisingly, questions about the Coronavirus surge and the challe...Read more >

• Hochul’s State of the State Address Outlines Legislative Agenda Starting with Strengthening Health Care System

  January 11, 2022: New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her first State of the State Address outlining nine key components of her agenda for strengthening New York.  Investing and growing New York’s Health Care infrastructure and economy top the list. Other ...Read more >

• Sign on to the Petition to Eliminate the GPO and WEP Provisions of Social Security

  November 22, 2021:   The Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) penalize people who have dedicated their lives to public service, including many teachers, firefighters, and police officers, by taking away benefits they, or ...Read more >

• The Build Back Better Framework Will Deliver for New York

  November 22, 2021: President Biden’s Build Back Better framework will bring down costs that have held back families in New York for decades by cutting taxes and making child care, home care, education, health care, and housing more affordable. The...Read more >

• 2022 News on Part B Medicare Premiums and Deductibles from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

  November 16, 2021: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Friday that the standard monthly Part B premium for next year will be $170.10. That’s an increase of 14.5%, or $21.60, from 2021. The annual Part B deductible will be $233, an ...Read more >

• KHN: Over Half of States Have Rolled Back Public Health Powers in Pandemic

  September 17, 2021: Republican legislators in more than half of U.S. states, spurred on by voters angry about lockdowns and mask mandates, are taking away the powers state and local officials use to protect the public against infectious diseases. People celebrate...Read more >

• Apple, Bose and Others Pump Up the Volume on Hearing Aid Options, Filling Void Left by FDA

  August 31, 2021: Spurred by decades of complaints about the high cost of hearing aids, Congress passed a law in 2017 to allow over-the-counter sales, with hopes it would boost competition and lower prices. Four years later, federal regulators have yet to issue...Read more >

• Generational Views of Retirement in the United States

  August 12, 2021: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has presented extraordinary health and economic challenges across the globe, triggering yet another deep economic crisis. While the availability of several vaccines in late 2020 has begun to alleviate health and ec...Read more >

• Calming Computer Jitters: Help for Seniors Who Aren’t Tech-Savvy

  July 01, 2021: Six months ago, Cindy Sanders, 68, bought a computer so she could learn how to email and have Zoom chats with her great-grandchildren. It’s still sitting in a box, unopened. “I didn’t know how to set it up or how to get help,” said ...Read more >

• 7 Tips on How Best to Use Medicare

  June 14, 2021: How to get the care you need at the lowest cost There's no getting around it. Medicare is a complicated program and every decision you make will have consequences – for your health and your wallet. To help you get the most out of your benefits w...Read more >