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• From Our Friends At Medicare Rights – Act Today! Tell Congress to Pass the BENES Act

  July 20, 2020: The bipartisan Beneficiary Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act (S. 1280/H.R. 2477) is urgently needed to modernize and streamline the Medicare Part B enrollment process. Passage this year presents an important o...Read more >

• Long Island Chapter of NYSARA Submits a Resolution on Juneteenth Holiday

  July 20, 2020:   NYS Alliance for Retired Americans/LI Chapter  June 19, 2020 Juneteenth Motion Passed The Long Island chapter of NYSARA passed the following resolution at its June 19, 2020 zoom meeting:  The NYSARA Board of Directors will ...Read more >

• Some New York State Legislature Laws Passed During the Pandemic that Benefit Seniors

  June 02, 2020:   The Senate and Assembly Majorities are committed to protecting New Yorkers' rights. Legislation passed this week will continue to protect the rights of New Yorkers during this pandemic. The bills passed by the Senate and Assembly includ...Read more >

• What is the Payroll Tax and How Does it Effect Seniors

  May 20, 2020: The payroll tax supports the country's two biggest safety nets: Social Security and Medicare. Workers will pay 6.2% on the first $137,700 of their wage and salary income into Social Security this year. And they will pay 1.45% of all their ea...Read more >

• The Postal Service Crisis and It’s Importance to Seniors

  May 20, 2020:   The Problem: In 2006 Congress passed a law that imposed extraordinary costs on the U.S. Postal Service.  The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act (PAEA) required the USPS to create a $72 billion fund to pay the cost of its post...Read more >

• Absentee Balloting in New York State

  April 20, 2020: Because of the COVID 19 pandemic NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued an executive order concerning the June 23, 2020 primary. **Pursuant to Executive Order 202.15 issued April 9, 2020, voters may request and vote via an absentee ballot for ...Read more >

• KHN: Federal Judge Rules Medicare Patients Can Challenge ‘Observation Care’ Status

  March 30, 2020: By Susan Jaffe Hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries who have been denied coverage for nursing home stays because their time in the hospital was changed from “inpatient” to “observation care” can now appeal to Medicare for reimbu...Read more >

• NYSARA Postpones Biennial Election Convention Until June 17, 2020

  March 17, 2020:   New York's Public Health Emergency around the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation suggests seniors especially follow the recommendations guard against infection outlined below. On Sunday the CDC made a reccomendation that there sho...Read more >

• ‘Hobnobbing With Billionaires in Davos,’ Trump Admits—If Reelected—He Will Seek to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare

  January 23, 2020: "It'll be toward the end of the year," Trump said from Davos, Switzerland. "And at the right time, we will take a look at that. You know, that's actually the easiest of all things, if you look, cause it's such a big percentage." By Jon Queally, st...Read more >

• Who Benefits From Medicare? In Some Way, Just About Everyone.

  January 20, 2020: Medicare is often at the forefront of national discourse.  However, much of the discussion tends to ignore young Americans under the assumption that they are not affected by, or do not care about Medicare's  future and the impact of Medicare in t...Read more >