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• 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 >

• Suit Challenging ACA Legally Suspect, But Threatens Loss of Coverage for Millions

  January 20, 2020: A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will soon announce a decision in Texas v. United States, the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The appeals court heard oral arguments in July 2019,...Read more >

• Sneak Attack on Medicare – Be Wary of Medicare Advantage

  December 13, 2019: On October 6, 2019 the President issued an executive order that appeared to be an attack on Medicare for All but when the details of this executive order are looked at it is really an attack on our current Medicare system.  This is a continuation ...Read more >

• The White House Says Nursing Home Regulations Are Too Tough

  December 04, 2019: By Ina Jaffe, NPR - WAMU 88.5 November 30, 2019 Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday Transcript: SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Rolling back federal regulations has been a cornerstone of the Trump presidency. Now the administration has proposed rol...Read more >

• Congressman Brindisi and Congresswoman Rice’s Wrong Stance on USMCA (NAFTA 2) Trade Agreement

  November 12, 2019: A letter from 11 Democrats, including two from New York, expresses support for a drug patent provision in the NAFTA update that most of their caucus opposes. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been wavering in recent weeks, repeatedly stating that he...Read more >

• Medicare Fraudsters Now Tap Telemedicine In Medical Equipment Scams

  October 18, 2019: By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News  OCTOBER 9, 2019 (Hannah Norman/KHN illustration; Getty Images) Dean Ernest had been living in a nursing home about a year when his son, John, got a call last winter asking if his father was experien...Read more >

• The Deep Divide: State Borders Create Medicaid Haves And Have-Nots

  October 03, 2019: By Laura Ungar, Kaiser Health News A few years ago, Patricia Powers briefly thought about moving from her home in St. Louis County, Mo., across the river into Illinois ― for Medicaid. “You ask yourself: Where do you go? What do you do?” Aft...Read more >

• WHAT WOULD REAL SOLUTIONS TO LOWER DRUG PRICES NOW LOOK LIKE?

  September 16, 2019: WHAT WOULD REAL SOLUTIONS TO LOWER DRUG PRICES NOW LOOK LIKE? www.lowerdrugpricesnow.org   The Lower Drug Prices Now coalition is fighting for transformative, bold reforms that will ensure everyone--no matter where they live, what they lo...Read more >