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• 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 >

• Government Watchdogs Attack Medicare Advantage for Denying Care and Overcharging

  June 30, 2022: Congress should crack down on Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that sometimes deny patients vital medical care while overcharging the government billions of dollars every year, government watchdogs told a House panel Tuesday. Witnesses ...Read more >

• Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans President’s Report Summer 2022

  June 22, 2022: Fellow retiree leaders, the first half of 2022 has been an exciting time for the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans. We hired a new organizer from Central Illinois, we helped mobilize to win big on pension funding and public investment in care i...Read more >

• IARA Mobilizes to Repeal GPO & WEP

  May 25, 2022: The Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans joined national mobilizations, including the National Education Association for a day of action on May 24th, to call for the repeal of GPO & WEP. The Government Pension Offset (GPO) reduces the Socia...Read more >

• IARA Hosts Older Americans Month 2022

  May 25, 2022: The Illinois Alliance for  Retired Americans hosted two great Older Americans Month Townhalls with Congresswoman Lauren Underwood and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. As part of the event, we awarded these two champions of seniors with the ...Read more >

• Illinois Seniors Win Big with Budget Victories

  April 19, 2022: The Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans is celebrating key victories passed in the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget passed by the Illinois General Assembly in April. Governor Pritzker signed a balanced budget that includes $1.8 billion in tax relief, a...Read more >

• Kaiser Health News: It’s Your Choice: You Can Change Your Views of Aging and Improve Your Life

  April 13, 2022: People’s beliefs about aging have a profound impact on their health, influencing everything from their memory and sensory perceptions to how well they walk, how fully they recover from disabling illness, and how long they live. When aging is...Read more >

• Meet IARA’s New Organizer: Krystle Able

  March 16, 2022: The Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans is pleased to announce the newest member of our team, Krystle Able. Krystle joins us as an organizer and will be a major asset to our important work in 2022.  Krystle is an organizer from Central Illino...Read more >