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• Don’t let partisan hostage-taking erode our earned benefits.

  October 01, 2013: Today’s government shutdown by Republicans turns Americans, including seniors, into hostages. Despite the fact that health care reform was voted on in Congress, signed into law by President Obama in 2010, and also ratified once again by the Amer...Read more >

• Register today – Illinois Alliance’s Convention

  August 05, 2013: The Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans is excited to announce that our 6th Constitutional Convention will be held on Wednesday, September 4th from 9:00am to 3:00pm at the UAW Pat Greathouse Center in Ottawa. The convention will include informa...Read more >

• Rally: Expose ALEC’s Corporate Greed

  August 02, 2013: Join the rally outside of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) conference on August 8th in Chicago to expose their dangerous agenda that exploits working families and protects major corporations and CEO's. ALEC is behind some of the w...Read more >

• Join the Medicare “Thunderclap”

  July 26, 2013: Click here to join the online flashmob! We are using a platform called Thunderclap to flood Facebook and Twitter with a message on July 30th, Medicare's 48th anniversary! Sign up NOW and on July 30th we will all share our message at the same time! ...Read more >

• ARA & FINRA Partnerhip

  July 24, 2013: The Alliance for Retired Americans has partnered with SaveAndInvest.org and FINRA (Investor Education Foundation) to help our members fight against fraudsters targeting older Americans. Anyone can be a victim of investment fraud. You are never too yo...Read more >

• Sen. Cullerton: Close Corporate Tax Loopholes!

  May 23, 2013: We can end the giveaways that let corporations skip paying their fair share by hiding profits overseas. It’s more important than ever—today, while lawmakers at the State Capitol are talking about harmful budget cuts, the New York Times is reporti...Read more >

• Tell Your U.S. Representative to Co-Sponsor the Resolution Opposing the Chained CPI

  April 16, 2013: Today, Representative David Cicilline (D-RI) introduced a bill that opposes the use of the Chained CPI to calculate COLAs for Social Security benefits. Please ask your Member of Congress to co-sponsor this bill. Please do your part to stop the cha...Read more >

• Tell President Obama: Social Security COLA cut chains seniors to poorer life

  April 08, 2013: The President plans to include a major Social Security benefit cut in his budget proposal that will be released on Wednesday. The chained CPI will cut the cost of living adjustment (COLA) for current and future retirees. Click HERE to tell Preside...Read more >

• Save home care services NOW

  March 25, 2013: On March 15th, the Illinois Department on Aging ran out of funding for the Community Care Program. More than 80,000 seniors in Illinois depend on a Community Care home care provider to help them live independently. Call your state legislator now t...Read more >

• Tell Your U.S. Senators to Stop the Sequester Today!

  February 26, 2013: Unless Congress acts this week, drastic automatic spending cuts, known as the sequester, will go into effect.  Programs vital to seniors like Meals on Wheels, cutting edge medical research, and food safety inspections would be severely cut back.  W...Read more >