Retirees Celebrate 46th Medicare Birthday!!! with Karaoke, information and cake!!

FLORIDA ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS


Florida Alliance for Retired Americans members will celebrate Medicare's 46th Birthday on Wednesday July 27th, 1 p.m. at the Sunshine Senior Center in St. Petersburg Florida.

Tony Fransetta, President of Florida Alliance for Retired Americans explained that FLARA area Vice President David Bernstein will present the value of Medicare and a brief history during the the informational portion of this celebration. David will reiterate what Seniors have known all along: "Medicare is not the problem, it is a solution". FLARA members will continue to hold elected officials accountable as they vote on issues of importance to seniors and future retirees". President Fransetta issued the following statement: "Florida Alliance board and members have deep concerns about some Representatives in Washington. We take it personally when they vote against social programs that aide Seniors. The 3 million plus Floridians that rely on Medicare are concerned and we are not willing to see our legacy dismantled.

Please join us:

WHO: Sunshine Senior Center participants and FLARA members

WHAT: Karaoke, Medicare celebration (information) and cake!!!

WHERE: Sunshine Senior Center, 330 5th St. N., St. Pete, FL 33701

WHEN: July 27th from 1 to 2:15 p.m.

In Solidarity,

Barbara A. DeVane, 850-251-4280

Secretary, Florida Alliance for Retired Americans

Jenny Kenny, FLARA Organizer,

Tony Fransetta, Pres FLARA

Contact:Tony Fransetta, 561-386-7047 Jennifer Kenny 321-277-9385

"Thanks Barbara"
"Cut the Cake--Not Medicare and Social Security"

Alliance Medicare Birthday Events Bring Attention to the Program at the Right Time

Medicare’s 46th birthday is July 30th, and the Alliance began commemorating the anniversary with more than 30 events across the country earlier this month. U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was joined by Alliance members Sam Burnett of Toledo, Ohio and Brenda Kelley-Nelum from Woodbridge, Virginia at one birthday event devoted to protecting Medicare on Wednesday, on Capitol Hill. Leader Pelosi spoke of the debt ceiling at the event. “Senator Reid, the Leader in the United States Senate of the Democrats, put forward the responsible plan to reduce the deficit that protects the middle class, and Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid beneficiaries,” she said. To see C-SPAN footage of the event, go to http://cs.pn/qFPgSY.

Earlier this month, in San Diego, more than 150 people participated in a town hall on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid sponsored by the Alliance on July 19. The standing-room-only crowd heard from advocates and experts on the programs. To read more, go to http://bit.ly/nbRvQg. In other events, the Rhode Island Alliance presented U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse with its Social Security & Medicare Hero Award. Also, the New York State caravans to “Restore the American Promises” this month ended a two-day, eight-city tour at Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s Hyde Park home. The actors portraying the pair spoke of the New Deal and warned against the raw deal Washington lawmakers are pushing for Social security, Medicare and Medicaid.

This past Monday, the Arizona Alliance ate cake at a retirement home in Chandler, Arizona while learning what is happening with Medicare in Washington. In St. Pete, Florida on Wednesday, seniors commemorated the Medicare birthday by singing karaoke! In Hartford, Connecticut today, Alliance members are recognizing Rep. John Larson for his advocacy on behalf of seniors. The Connecticut Alliance also presented an award to Reps. Chris Murphy and Jim Himes. The Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Washington Alliance chapters will be holding Medicare events in Pittsburgh, Savannah, and Seattle tomorrow, on the actual anniversary date. For more details, go to http://bit.ly/ovUM7u. For a write-up of the Illinois Alliance’s Medicare event in Peoria last Friday, go to http://bit.ly/nlcjK3. To read about the Iowa Alliance’s July 21 event in Waterloo, go to http://bit.ly/o1soPm. For an Albuquerque, New Mexico Alliance video, go to http://bit.ly/riAhhp. Additional events have already taken place in cities including Scottsdale, AZ; Bakersfield, Rancho Cordova, and Stockton, CA; Delray Beach, FL; Chicago, IL; Manchester and Nashua, NH; Las Cruces, NM; Las Vegas, NV, Cincinnati, OH; and San Antonio, League, and Grand Prairie, TX. “Thank you to all who are drawing attention to the importance of Medicare while it is under attack, during the debt negotiations,” said Ruben Burks, Secretary-Treasurer of the Alliance.

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