AARP: Deal Includes Important Protections for Retirement Security

Posted on 01/2/2013 by | AARP Arkansas | Comments

Advocacy | Arkansas | Press     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 2, 2013   CONTACT: Tiffany Lundquist 202-434-2560 or media@aarp.org   AARP: Deal Includes Important Protections for Retirement Security Responsible solutions needed for long-term challenges facing Social Security, Medicare Washington, DC – AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond today released a statement reacting to the “fiscal cliff” deal reached by Congressional leaders and the President. The statement is below: “The ‘fiscal cliff’ bill includes important provisions that protect health and retirement security for older Americans and their families. …

What Does the Fiscal Cliff Debate Mean for Arkansans’ Retirement Security?

Posted on 12/21/2012 by | AARP Arkansas | Comments

Advocacy | Arkansas | Press     What Does the Fiscal Cliff Debate Mean for Arkansans’ Retirement Security? AARP’s By-the-Numbers Analysis Shows What a Last-Minute Budget Deal Could Mean for Millions of Arkansas Seniors  LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  – With the Dec. 31 deadline to address expiring tax and spending cuts looming, many people across the nation and here in Arkansas are left wondering what Washington’s budget debate means for them.  Unfortunately, some in Washington are considering cramming changes to Medicare and Social Security into a …

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

Posted on 12/18/2012 by | AARP Arkansas | Comments

Advocacy | Arkansas | Press     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 18, 2012   CONTACT: Josh Rosenblum or Tiffany Lundquist 202-434-2560 or media@aarp.org AARP to Congress and the President: Don’t Cut Social Security Association urges Congress not to include a cut via Chained CPI in budget deal.   Washington, DC – AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond today 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 …

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress Not to Raise the Medicare Eligibility Age

Posted on 12/14/2012 by | AARP Arkansas | Comments

Advocacy | Arkansas In less than two weeks, Congress and President Obama could push harmful cuts to Medicare into a last-minute end-of-year budget deal. Many politicians are still pushing to raise the Medicare eligibility age to 67 – shifting thousands of dollars in costs to seniors and making Medicare and private insurance more expensive for everyone. Washington needs to feel the pressure from folks like you, before it’s too late. We need your help to make sure the President and Congress protect the …

Don’t Let Washington Cut Your Social Security Check!

Posted on 12/13/2012 by | AARP Arkansas | Comments

Advocacy | Arkansas Politicians from both parties made campaign promises not to cut Social Security benefits for current seniors. But now, some in Washington are trying to make a last minute budget deal that would cut the Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) by $112 billion over the next 10 years. That’s money directly out of our pockets and the pockets of our kids and grandkids. The proposal on the table assumes that when the cost of something you normally buy goes up, you will substitute …

AARP reiterates: Don’t raise eligibility age for Medicare

Posted on 12/12/2012 by | AARP Arkansas | Comments

Advocacy | Arkansas | Press   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 12, 2012 CONTACT: Tiffany Lundquist or Allyson Funk 202-434-2560 or media@aarp.org AARP: Don’t raise the eligibility age for Medicare Washington, DC – AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond today reiterated the Association’s opposition to including an increase in the Medicare eligibility age as part of a year-end budget deal. She offered the following statement: “Medicare provides the bedrock of health security for more than 47 million Americans today and must be preserved and strengthened for seniors, their …

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