Medicare

• Productive Meeting Held with Representative Peter King

  February 12, 2017: On Friday February 10, 2017 NYSARA President Barry Kaufmann and Long Island Chapter of NYSARA President Stanley Bergman met with Congressman Peter King. (R/CD #2) NYSARA's positions on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Block granting or annualiz...Read more >

• Social Security and Medicare Facts and Figures 2017

  February 09, 2017: To see the current year (2017) facts and figures on Social Security and Medicare please click here....Read more >

• Rally for healthcare: Long Island Chapter in the house at Westbury

  January 15, 2017: L-R LI Chapter of NYSARA President Stanley Bergman, Bob Suoto and LI Chapter Treasurer Walter Dunn January 15, 2017 Several hundred people attended a rally in Westbury to preserve healthcare, inspired by Senator Bernie Sanders and Minority Lea...Read more >

• NYSARA President joins New York City Members of Congress, Patients, Healthcare Providers, Advocacy Groups to Rally against Obamacare Repeal, GOP Medicare and Medicaid Cuts

  January 09, 2017: On a snowy January 7th morning at the Woodhull Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY NYSARA President Barry Kaufmann joined Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-7th CD), Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-12th CD), Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-8th CD) and C...Read more >

• NYSARA Activists visit Congressman Collins office about ACA Repeal, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Concerns

  January 09, 2017: On Friday January 6, 2017 NYSARA President Barry Kaufmann, Western New York Chapter of NYSARA Treasurer Richard Sweeney and activist Barbara Baer met with Congressman Chris Collins (R-27thCD) Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Kracker. During the over one...Read more >

• National Medicare Call-In Day

  January 03, 2017: (866) 828-4162 White House National Call-In Day Monday, January 23rd House Speaker Paul Ryan told Fox News that he would push legislation in early 2017 that would end Medicare’s guaranteed health care benefits. Call your Member of Congress ...Read more >

• MEDICARE AT RISK – The Facts and the Responses

  December 02, 2016: On November 10, 2016, House Speaker Paul Ryan told Fox News that he would push legislation in early 2017 that would end Medicare's guaranteed health care benefits.  For years Ryan has worked to replace Medicare with a voucher or a coupon for seniors...Read more >

• NYSARA Urges Activists to call their Congressperson and Senators to Support the Benes Act

  July 24, 2016:   The BENES Act (S.3236; H.R.5772) fills in long standing education gaps for people nearing Medicare eligibility, by ensuring they receive a clear and detailed notice explaining Part B enrollment rules to help them make an informed decision a...Read more >

• Capital District Chapter of NYSARA celebrates the 51st birthday of Medicare at the Cohoes Senior Center

  May 30, 2016: On July 28th members of the Capital District chapter of NYSARA  ate lunch with the seniors at the Cohoes Senior Center. After the lunch, the Statewide Senior Action Council made a presentation on Medicare updates and the history of Medicare . Then ...Read more >

• Capital District Chapter of NYSARA meeting November 19, 2015

  November 20, 2015: Thirty people attended the Capital District Chapter of the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans workshop. Information was shared on the dangers of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal on drug prices and on programs that sustain seniors. ...Read more >