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• KFF Health News: Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits

  November 21, 2023: Assisted living centers have become an appealing retirement option for hundreds of thousands of boomers who can no longer live independently, promising a cheerful alternative to the institutional feel of a nursing home. But their cost is so crushi...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Save Billions or Stick With Humira? Drug Brokers Steer Americans to the Costly Choice

  September 21, 2023: Tennessee last year spent $48 million on a single drug, Humira — about $62,000 for each of the 775 patients who were covered by its employee health insurance program and receiving the treatment. So when nine Humira knockoffs, known as biosimilars, ...Read more >

• Introducing the New Board of the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans

  September 21, 2023:   This past weekend, the IARA hosted our biennial convention at the UAW Pat Greathouse Education Center in Ottawa. We were thrilled to be joined by UAW Illinois political/legislative coordinator John Gedney, our nationa...Read more >

• Illinois Department on Aging Seeks Nominations for Senior Illinoisan Hall of Fame

  May 24, 2023: Press Release from Illinois Department on Aging, May 03, 2003 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) is reminding residents of the upcoming June 1 nomination deadline for the Senior Illinoisan ...Read more >

• Congressional GOP Members Holding Older Americans Hostage with Default on America Act

  May 16, 2023: The Alliance for Retired Americans calls for an increase to the debt ceiling with no strings attached. However, Congressional GOP members are supporting Speaker McCarthy's Default on America Act (H.R. 2811) which would have devasting effects on older...Read more >

• Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Senior Power Celebration 2022

  May 16, 2023: The Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Senior Power Celebration 2022 [caption id="attachment_1048" align="aligncenter" width="376"] IARA Board Members with award winners Representative Lakesia Collins and Beatrice Lumpkin[/caption] The I...Read more >

• Kaiser Health News: Numbers Don’t Lie. Biden Kept His Promise on Improving Obamacare.

  January 18, 2023: Promise: “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” In a speech on Nov. 2, 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised, “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” Two years and counting since then...Read more >

• Beatrice Lumpkin Awarded the Inaugural Frank and Beatrice Lumpkin Award

  September 30, 2022: [caption id="attachment_1048" align="aligncenter" width="366"] IARA Board Members with award winners Representative Lakesia Collins and Beatrice Lumpkin[/caption] The Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans (IARA) celebrated 20 years of organizing...Read more >

• IL Representative Lakesia Collins Awarded the Retiree Hero Award

  September 26, 2022:   [caption id="attachment_1048" align="alignleft" width="435"] IARA Board Members with award winners Representative Lakesia Collins and Beatrice Lumpkin[/caption]                ...Read more >

• Meet IARA’s New Executive Director, Jesús Palafox

  July 21, 2022: The Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans is excited to announce the hiring of our new Executive Director, Jesús Palafox! Before joining the IARA, Jesús was the Regional Administrative Associate for the Midwest region of the American Friends S...Read more >