When: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 2-3pm EST Register Now: http://bit.ly/1c0l5zd Speakers: Dr. Yanira Cruz, President and CEO, National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) Michael Adams, Executive Director, Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) Who can attend?...
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Medicare’s Open Enrollment period is October 15 - December 7. This is when ALL people with Medicare can change their Medicare health plan and prescription drug coverage for 2014. You can find information on 2014 plans by visiting the Medicare Plan Finder. People with...
Open Letter to Health Reform Advocates: Pay Attention to Discrimination
The harms inflicted by discrimination reveal themselves in our bodies as we age -- as people of color, as poor and low-income people, and as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. The symptoms manifest as higher rates of high blood pressure,...
Our Health: The Health Insurance Marketplaces are OPENED!
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National Indian Council on Aging: Then (Creation of NICOA) and Now (The Affordable Care Act – ACA)
The first National Indian Conference on Aging was sponsored by the National Tribal Chairman’s Association (NTCA) in Phoenix, Arizona on June 15-17, 1976. Close to 1,500 American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people representing 171 tribes came together to speak of...