AARP to Congress and the President: Don’t Cut Social Security

Posted on 12/20/2012 by | AARP District of Columbia | Comments

Advocacy | Money & Work | Washington DC  AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond has reiterated the Association’s opposition to including a cut to the benefits of current and future Social Security recipients as part of a year-end budget deal via a formula change known as Chained CPI.  She offered the following statement: “Adopting the chained consumer price index for Social Security benefits will take $112 billion out of the pockets of current Social Security beneficiaries in the next 10 years alone, and is neither fair nor warranted. …

More than 9,000 DC Seniors Could Lose Medicare Coverage

Posted on 12/16/2012 by | AARP District of Columbia | Comments

Advocacy | Health & Wellbeing | Washington DC Some are considering cramming changes to Medicare and Social Security into a year-end budget deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff.”  If the Medicare eligibility age goes up to 67, then 9,351, District seniors will be kicked off Medicare.  More data at http://www.kff.org/medicare/med032911nr.cfm.  Private insurance will cost them $2,200 a year more, and all Medicare beneficiaries’ premiums will increase if the youngest and healthiest beneficiaries are dropped from the program. “Raising the Medicare eligibility age would dramatically increase costs for recent …

Free Screening of Movie on Senior Olympic Athletes

Posted on 12/12/2012 by | AARP District of Columbia | Comments

Advocacy | Events | Health & Wellbeing | Washington DC Join AARP for a free screening of the award-winning documentary, Age of Champions, about inspiring, older athletes who compete for gold at the National Senior Olympics, such as the Tatum brothers from DC. Watch the trailer and RSVP for free tickets at www.ageofchampions.org/DC or call    1-877-926-8300.   The screening will kick off with a short discussion about protecting Medicare and Social Security for today’s seniors and strengthening them for future generations, as part of  AARP’s national You’ve Earned a Say …

AARP District of Columbia State Office

Posted on 11/19/2012 by | AARP District of Columbia | Comments

About AARP | Washington DC The District of Columbia State Office is your local AARP resource for information and tools to help you live your best life in the District of Columbia at age 50+.  AARP has staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with a membership that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a …

Latino-Focused AARP Community Group Launches in DC

Posted on 11/19/2012 by | AARP District of Columbia | Comments

Washington DC The Vida Senior Centers, one of the oldest Latino organizations serving seniors in the District of Columbia, and the AARP District of Columbia State Office celebrated the establishment of Vida’s Multicultural Club, AARP DC’s first “community group, Vida’s Multicultural Club.   The club is organized according to a new AARP model which recognizes the dynamics of today’s diverse environment and the desire for a more flexible approach to local gatherings that can be connected to AARP. Vida’s Multicultural Club complements the …

Sexual Wellness Program for Seniors Coming to DC

Posted on 11/16/2012 by | AARP District of Columbia | Comments

Health & Wellbeing | Washington DC According to the DC Department of Health, HIV and AIDS are increasing among older DC residents. In fact, more than one-third of the people living with HIV in DC are age 50+.  District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray says that 15 percent of new HIV and AIDS cases in the District are among older adults. That’s one of the reasons the District of Columbia piloted a peer to peer sexual wellness program, in September, for seniors at four different locations …

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