In a Setback for America's Retirees, Fast Track Passes U.S. House
June 19, 2015
More than 70 delegates from more than 20 affiliated organizations attended the Biennial NCARA Convention on Tuesday in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mr. Fiesta, state Attorney General Roy B. Cooper and North Carolina AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer MaryBe McMillan were among those who spoke. At the convention, Bill Dworkin was re-elected President, Judy Coggins Treasurer and Mary Montford Secretary.
Medicare Turns 50: Tell Us Your Medicare Story
The Alliance recently launched www.medicare50th.org, an interactive website that now includes a timeline featuring the program’s historical milestones. Visit the site to read the personal stories of what Medicare has meant to several Alliance members personally since its inception, and how much it has changed their lives. Please send us your story and share how Medicare has improved your life!
“The point of the matter is that this meeting and the others indicates that the people of the United States recognize one by one, thousand by thousand, million by million, that this is a problem whose solution is long overdue. And this year I believe, or certainly as inevitably as the tide comes in next year, this bill is going to pass.” – President John F. Kennedy, May 20th, 1962.