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• Rockefeller Bill Would Save Taxpayers Billions

  April 18, 2013: Senate Bill 740 - the Medicare Drug Savings Act - Provides Common Sense Solution to High Drug Prices In a response to the federal government paying unconscionably high drug prices for dual-eligibles on Medicare, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) intro...Read more >

• Ryan Budget Passes the House with Support from All 13 Pennsylvania Republicans – Where have Pennsylvania’s moderates gone?

  March 21, 2013: Jean Friday, President of the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement in reaction to the House of Representatives’ passage of the Ryan Budget earlier today: “Today, the House of Representatives voted to pa...Read more >

• Paul Ryan Is At It Again – Proposing Harmful Cuts to Medicare

  March 12, 2013: Congressman Ryan ignores the results of the 2012 election and the realities of divided government to propose a budget plan that attacks Medicare  The following statement was released by Jean Friday, President of the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retire...Read more >

• Congress Fails Seniors, All Citizens, by Allowing Sequestration to Begin

  March 01, 2013: The American people deserve a compromise that cuts budget deficits in a responsible way The following is a statement by Jean Friday, President of the PA Alliance for Retired Americans: “Beginning today, March 1st 2013, drastic and harmful cuts ...Read more >

• Seniors Laud Attorney General Kane for Rejecting State Lottery Privatization Deal

  February 14, 2013: PA Alliance for Retired Americans urges Governor Corbett to work with Legislators to increase lottery revenue – and keep 100% of the profits here in PA Jean Friday, President of the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans, released the followi...Read more >

• PA Seniors Wary of False Choices from Tom Corbett

  February 05, 2013: The Governor’s Budget pits Pennsylvanians against Pennsylvanians, while ignoring real solutions to a manufactured budget crisis, to the detriment of our State’s economy Jean Friday, President of the PA Alliance for Retired Americans (PARA), rele...Read more >

• Governor Corbett Approves Bid to Privatize Lottery, Sharing Profits with an Overseas Firm

  January 14, 2013: PA seniors who rely on the Lottery for everyday needs deserve a better deal The following statement was released by Jean Friday, President of the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans: “Pennsylvania has one of the most profitable lotter...Read more >