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• NYC Chapter President Joins Protest at Representative Malliotakis' Office
• Congress Must Preserve Access to Affordable Marketplace Coverage
• Americans Struggle to Access COVID Vaccines
• KFF Health News: In the Fallout From Trump’s Health Funding Cuts, States Face Tough Budget Decision
   

• NYSARA Statewide Convention Delivers Stimulating Program
• State Updates
• HHS Secretary Grilled About Medicaid, CDC Firings, and Vaccines During Contentious Hearing
   
• Social Security Administration Watchdog Begins Customer Service Wait Time Audit
• KFF Health News: Social Security Praises Its New Chatbot. ExOfficials Say It Was Tested But Shelved Under Biden.

• Center For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Launches a New Innovation Center Model Pilot Project in Six States That May be the First Step to Making Medicare Advantage the Default for People Turning 65
• NYSARA Biennial Election Convention to be Held This Thursday September 4
• KFF Health News: How Older People Are Reaping Brain Benefits From New Tech

• NYSARA Biennial Election Convention
• Early Registration Deadline is Today (postmarked)
• New York City Chapter of NYSARA
• Celebrating and Defending 90 Years of Social Security and Healthcare
• "Protect Our Checks"  Forums  
• President Trump Renews Attacks on Voting by Mail
• KFF Health News: Breaking Down Why Medicare Part D Premiums Are Likely To Go Up

• NYSARA Mourns Passing of Former CSEA President Danny Donohue
• NYSARA Biennial Election Convention Early Registration Deadline Approaching
• Central New York Chapter of NYSARA Attend Senator Schumer Press Conference on Bill to Protect Social Security and Attend an Event with Congressman Mannion to Support Veterans and the VA
• CBO Report on Distributional Effect of the "Big Ugly" Bill Act Finds Richest Gain and Poorest Face Cuts
• KFF Health News: Experts Say Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors

• Upcoming Social Security 90th Anniversary Events in New York City and Long Island
• CBO Adjusts Estimate of Deficit Cost of "Big Ugly Bill
• Affordable Care Act Marketplace Premiums Expected to Skyrocket
• KFF Health News: Congress Looks To Ease Restrictions on Veterans’ Use of Non-VA Clinics and Hospitals

• NYSARA Biennial Election Convention - REGISTRATION LINK
• More People are Enrolling in Medicare Advantage at High Cost to Medicare and Taxpayers
• As Medicare and Medicaid Turn 60, Retirees Fight Against Attempts to Cut Them
• KFF Health News: Chronically Ill? In Kennedy’s View, It Might Be Your Own Fault

• Important Resources from NYS AFL-CIO Fiscal Policy Institute and Brennan Center for Justice to Help You Bettmporer Grasp How Recent Federal Actions Undermine New Yorkers and Other Americans
• Administrative Cuts and Staffing Shortages Put Access to Services at Risk for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
• KFF Health News: Trump Voters Wanted Relief From Medical Bills. For Millions, the Bills Are About To Get Bigger.

• NYSARA Biennial Election Convention
• Fiscal Impacts of the "Big Ugly Bill" to State Budget
• Study Debunks Pharmaceutical Industry’s Claims That Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Would Harm R&D
• KFF Health News: How To Find the Right Medical Rehab Services