National News

• 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 >

• House/Senate Conference Committee’s Tax Compromise

  December 18, 2017: House and Senate Republicans ironed out the differences on their tax overhaul bills Friday, agreeing on a sweeping plan that provides a major tax cut for corporations but raises taxes and health care premiums for millions of older Americans. The legi...Read more >

• New York Report: How the Republican Tax Giveaway to the Wealthy Would Hurt New York Families

  October 25, 2017: Updated 10/23/17   The Republican tax plan would actually raise taxes on about 2.1 million New York households next year.   In New York, 3.4 million households deduct state and local taxes, with an average deductio...Read more >

• Activism by Seniors, including NYSARA, Contributes to the “Death” of the TPP

  November 23, 2016: The news that the White House and Republican congressional leaders have given up on passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is welcome. That the TPP would be defeated by Congress if brought to a vote signals that Trojan-horse “trade” agreemen...Read more >