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NCOA Named Top Nonprofit For Seniors

10.19.2011 · Posted in Americans, healthcare, Seniors

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The National Council on Aging (NCOA) has been named one of the top nonprofit leaders in the field of aging by Philanthropedia, a nonprofit that tries to help donors give more strategically. Data was compiled via a survey of 88 national leaders in aging. Philanthropedia seeks to improve nonprofit ...

RetireSafe Calls Proposed “Chained” Consumer Price Index a Tax Increase on Older Americans!

07.09.2011 · Posted in taxes

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, RetireSafe President Thair Phillips called proposed efforts to establish a “chained” consumer price index (CPI) as the standard used to determine annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), “an unfair tax on older Americans.” “With President Obama and a number of the Congressional Leaders apparently poised to again attack ...

AMA Deeply Disappointed Senate Blocked Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009

10.26.2009 · Posted in healthcare, politics

Permanent repeal of the Medicare physician payment formula is essential to comprehensive health system reform Statement attributable to: J. James Rohack, M.D. President, American Medical Association: “The AMA is deeply disappointed that the Senate today blocked consideration of S. 1776, legislation to preserve access to health care for America’s seniors, baby boomers and military families. ...