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• KHN: Why AstraZeneca and J&J’s Vaccines, In Use Elsewhere, Are Still on Hold in America

  March 01, 2021: By Sarah Jane Tribble The World Health Organization greenlighted emergency use of AstraZeneca and Oxford’s covid-19 vaccine this month, following in the steps of the United Kingdom, the European Union and others, who are already injecting i...Read more >

• KHN: Countless Homebound Patients Still Wait for Covid Vaccine Despite Seniors’ Priority

  February 22, 2021: By Judith Graham Opening another front in the nation’s response to the pandemic, medical centers and other health organizations have begun sending doctors and nurses to apartment buildings and private homes to vaccinate homebound seniors. ...Read more >

• KHN: As Drug Prices Keep Rising, State Lawmakers Propose Tough New Bills to Curb Them

  February 16, 2021: Fed up with a lack of federal action to lower prescription drug costs, state legislators around the country are pushing bills to penalize drugmakers for unjustified price hikes and to cap payment at much-lower Canadian levels. These bills, sponsor...Read more >

• KHN: When Your Chance for a Covid Shot Comes, Don’t Worry About the Numbers

  February 02, 2021: By Arthur Allen and Liz Szabo When getting vaccinated against covid-19, there’s no sense being picky. You should take the first authorized vaccine that’s offered, experts say. The newest covid vaccine on the horizon, from Johnson & J...Read more >

• KHN Poll: Nearly Half of American Adults Now Want the Covid Vaccine — ASAP

  January 27, 2021: By Phil Galewitz                   Americans’ reluctance to get vaccinated for covid-19 is waning, according to a poll released Wednesday. Nearly half of adults surv...Read more >

• September Board Meeting, Massachusetts Alliance for Retired Americans

  September 20, 2018: As usual we have much to discuss at this meeting. We will discuss the brand new Expand Social Security caucus formed in Congress, the November election, our national Alliance of Retired Americans meeting in Las Vegas, the state of play on the federal...Read more >

• Massachusetts Alliance of Retired Americans April State Board Meeting

  April 15, 2018: Please note that April's Alliance Board meeting has been changed to the FOURTH THURSDAY this month.  May's Board and Membership meeting will be on the 4th Thursday of that month but in Boston. Hopefully the notices will alert all to the changes. Lo...Read more >

• Massachusetts Alliance of Retired Americans State Board Meeting

  March 10, 2018: Thanks to everyone who was able to participate in one of the Working People's Day of Action events around the state.  All members are welcome to the March Board meeting of the Massachusetts Alliance of Retired Americans. We will discuss the various ...Read more >

• All Out for Working People’s DAY OF ACTION

  February 22, 2018: Monday,  February 26, 2018, the Massachusetts Alliance will be joining union and community activists in locations throughout the Commonwealth to stand for the rights of working people to create unions and fight for a decent life.  We will be highli...Read more >

• Reminder: February 15 Meeting

  February 08, 2018: All members are welcome to the February Board meeting of the Massachusetts Alliance of Retired Americans.  We will discuss the campaigns we are involved in to defend retiree health care at the state and federal levels. We will also look at the impac...Read more >