Healthcare

• The time has come for Medicaid expansion to become a reality in North Carolina.

  March 31, 2021: The time has come for Medicaid expansion to become a reality in North Carolina. Medicaid expansion would extend relief to all hospitals in North Carolina, but particularly to hospitals in rural parts of the state. Since 2014, six rural hospita...Read more >

• November 2016 Newsletter: Special Election Edition

  November 02, 2016: [caption id="attachment_1408" align="alignright" width="243"] President's Message by Bill Dworkin[/caption] Fellow NCARA members, I hope this message finds you well and ready for the election. We’ve been working hard to advocate for the candidat...Read more >

• NCARA Education Fund Comments on Medicaid Expansion

  April 20, 2016: N.C. has not yet accepted Medicaid Expansion. As a result, the state has lost 6 billion in revenue and stands to lose an additional $21 billion by 2020.  This decision has also left hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians without early and consis...Read more >

• Southern Piedmont Retiree Meeting

  January 25, 2016: IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY TO:               Southern Piedmont Retiree Club Members & Guests FROM:          Bill Dworkin, President of the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans & Shirley Jack...Read more >

• Check out the new Medicare Fact Sheet

  October 27, 2015: Medicare Part B Increases...Read more >

• September 2015 Newsletter

  October 09, 2015: PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Summer is upon us and the board and I wish each of you the best for vacation and those precious times with family. We have been busy. We visited affiliates this spring and made 8 lobby visits to our political representatives. O...Read more >

• New Health Reform Law Extends Election Period to Change Part D Plan

  April 16, 2010: The new health reform law changes and extends the annual enrollment period for Medicare Part D plans.  Anyone interested in switching plans should keep in mind the new enrollment period is now October 15 - December 7. Note that the Centers for Me...Read more >

• Health Care Reform: What’s in it for Seniors

  March 26, 2010: The Senate-passed health care reform bill dramatically cleared the House on a 219-212 vote Sunday night, and President Obama signed it into law on Tuesday.  Please see the Alliance's Special Edition Friday Alert of March 23 at http://bit.ly/dttZ01 f...Read more >

• Response to President’s Health Care Plan and Summit: Three Things You Can Do

  February 26, 2010: In order to bridge the differences between the U.S. House and Senate-passed health care bills - and continue to move reform forward - President Obama unveiled his Administration's own health plan on Monday.  The plan contains several major steps t...Read more >