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Social Security benefits could see their highest increase in several decades, but those advocating for beneficiaries say there is still plenty of concern about todays financial hardships. The latest forecast indicates 2023 benefits will increase by around 9% when the decision is announced this month. Richard Fiesta, executive director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, said while the increase helps to temper inflation, it falls short for many older Americans. ...

Some 930,000 Colorado Medicare recipients will save money on medications starting next year, thanks to provisions in President Joe Bidens Inflation Reduction Act which allows Medicare to once again negotiate prices with drug companies. Bob Murphy, state director for AARP Colorado, has been calling on Congress to make prescription drugs more affordable for years, and said volunteers who placed millions of calls to Congressional offices won the day against a formidable opponent. "The ph...

Social Security benefits again could see their highest increase in several decades, but those advocating for beneficiaries say there is still plenty of concern about financial hardships, as well as politics surrounding the program. The latest forecast indicates 2023 benefits will increase by around 9% when the decision is announced in October. Jon Bauman, president of Social Security Workss political action committee, said while the higher adjustment helps buffer recent inflation woes, it stil...

With the election a little over a month away, some say caregiving and long-term care are issues too big for candidates in Oregon to ignore. There are about 460,000 family caregivers in the state providing $5.7 billion of unpaid care, according to a 2017 estimate. Yvonne Smith, a faculty member at Clackamas Community College, said some people may not even realize they are caregivers. ...

Massachusetts residents are being asked to step up, just as they did five years ago, to help their fellow Americans in Puerto Rico. The Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico Fund raised more than $4 million after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017. But government dysfunction, and the immense structural damage from the storm, allowed many of the donated goods to go to waste. ...

Average Affordable Care Act premiums in Wisconsin would have been 56% higher this year without temporary subsidies from the federal government, and small-business advocates say a new extension is a big help when smaller firms are trying to get back on their financial feet. The Inflation Reduction Act included a provision to extend the ACAs premium subsidies through 2025. The extra tax credits are from an earlier pandemic relief package and were set to run though this year. ...

New poll results released today showed a majority of South Dakota voters support the expansion of Medicaid. This fall, South Dakotans will be asked to vote on Amendment D, which would expand eligibility for the public health insurance program. The American Cancer Societys Cancer Action Network is out with a new poll which found 62% of likely voters in South Dakota plan to vote "yes" on the ballot question. ...

Advocates for expanding child care in North Dakota are responding to the governors proposal to improve access across the state. They said it is a step in the right direction, but argued there are other solutions in need of more attention. Yesterday, Gov. ...

A Baltimore elementary school is getting a helping hand this week from folks who havent been elementary students in quite a while. The community garden and outdoor classroom at James McHenry Elementary School in Baltimore is getting a major refresh tomorrow, as about 30 volunteers gather to fix it up. Volunteers from a group called Out Teach and AARP Maryland teamed up to create the project in 2018, and have helped to maintain it alongside the students and staff ever since. ...

/PRNewswire/ -- The New York StateWide Senior Action Council (StateWide) today announced the results of its 2021 Elderly Economic Security Index (EESI)...