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• 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 >

• In Fiscal Cliff Delay, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Remain at Risk

  January 02, 2013: The fiscal cliff deal passed by Congress last night is a breakthrough in beginning to restore tax fairness. It raises over $700 billion over 10 years by ending the Bush tax cuts for families making over $450,000 a year. The deal does not cut Social S...Read more >

• 2012 Social Security Trustees’ Report Released

  April 23, 2012: Today, the Social Security Trustees released their annual report on the financial status of Social Security. The report, issued every year, projects Social Security’s income and outgo for the next 75 years. Once again, this year shows that Social S...Read more >