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Blog Illinois Alliance Media and Communications MENULeadership Affiliates Newsletters Join Us Our Issues Medicare Medicaid Social Security Prescription Drugs PRO Act Care Friday Alert See more events Illinois Alliance on Facebook Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Tuesday, May 7th, 2024 at 3:46pm In April, Illinois Alliance Board Members Gary H. and Velma W. were invited to participate in a round table discussion on homecare worker wages with Senator Dave Koehler organized by SEIU Healthcare IL & IN. Check out the news broadcast that shows why the Illinois Alliance is supportive of SB 3332 to raise the rates of home health caregivers to $20 per hour minimum. Home health caregivers push for minimum wage increase Bipartisan agreement on the need to raise the minimum wage for home health caregivers 2 1 View on Facebook Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 at 11:45pm TAKE ACTION to protect workers from captive audience meetings by asking your legislator to co-sponsor the Illinois Worker Freedom of Speech Act, SB3649. No worker should face retaliation if they decline to listen to religious or political views unrelated to their jobs. WRITE your legislator using the attached link https://act.aflcio.org/letters/protect-worker-freedom-of-speech 1 1 View on Facebook Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Friday, April 19th, 2024 at 6:56pm The House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee heard testimony Tuesday from Social Security experts about how the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) unfairly harm many public servants and their families. Witnesses identified how the outdated formulas used to calculate the WEP and GPO create unfair outcomes for beneficiaries affected by one or both policies. The Alliance provided a statement for the record, stating that the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) affects over two million public sector retirees with public pensions from a job not covered by Social Security, while the Government Pension Offset (GPO) reduces by two-thirds the spousal or survivor benefits of nearly 800,000 retirees who collect a public pension from a job not covered by Social Security. The WEP and GPO are outdated provisions that deprive public employees of the benefits they have earned and the secure retirement they deserve,” said Joseph Peters, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer of the Alliance. Moreover, the WEP and GPO disproportionately affect lower-income workers. 83% of those subject to the GPO are women. We must repeal the WEP and the GPO.” The Alliance continues to urge Congress to pass H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act introduced by Reps. Garret Graves (R-LA) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), and H.R. 4583, the Social Security Sacred Trust Act, introduced by Rep. John Larson (D-CT). Both of the bills repeal the WEP and the GPO. 2 2 View on Facebook Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Friday, April 19th, 2024 at 2:18pm Do you need a notary? Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced that Illinois Residents can now get electronic notary signatures. 47 other states allow E-notary and now Illinois does too! See the Secretary of State website for more details 1 View on Facebook Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 at 10:06pm ?PUBLIC EMPLOYEE ACTION ALERT In 2010, a Tier 2” of lower pension benefits was created for public employees over the opposition of your union. Since then, benefits for new workers do not keep up with inflation, meaning retirees can’t keep up with rising costs. Will you join our Week of Action to tell lawmakers they must take action to fix Tier 2 pensions? Click the link below or dial 507-497-1665. Restore retirement benefits for public employees! We must let legislators know how important it is that they fix Tier 2 and the unfair pension system. Click the link to contact your legislator and demand fair pension benefits for public employees! 3 1 View on Facebook Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 at 9:59pm SAVE THE DATE! Our Annual Senior Power Celebration will be Monday, September 30th, 2024 in Chicago! 4 3 View on Facebook KFF Health News: The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients March 27, 2024: Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and fell on a patch of black ice. Pain shot through her left knee and ankle. After summoning her husband on her phone, with difficul Read MoreKFF Health News: America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities January 17, 2024: The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers ente Read MoreKFF Health News: Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records December 21, 2023: Living with diabetes, Carlton PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream. The pump, manufactured by device maker Medtronic, connected plast Read MoreContact Us Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans 2229 S. Halsted St, 2nd Floor | Chicago, IL 60608 Phone: (312) 623-5941 Contact Us Email Sign Up Illinois Alliance Media and CommunicationsJoin Us Our Issues © 2019. 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