Press Conference

January 23, 2012

A Common Ground, Common Sense Solution to RTW

Today leaders of t he Indiana Home Care Task Force asked legislators to follow a "Common Sense, Common Ground Plan " to stop the stand-off on the Right to Work (RTW) issue. Click here to read about the plan.

 

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Press Conference

January 10, 2012

 

RTW Spells Trouble for Union Retirees, Their Dependents, and Hoosiers

 

Indianapolis: Denny Lanane, United Senior Action President, joined Elmer Blankenship, President of the Indiana Alliance for Retired Americans, and John Cardwell, USA Dirctor and President of Hoosiers First, to ask state lawmakers to take a look at how RTW will affect union retirees and the communities where they live. They listed a series of consequences that could have a detrimental effect on all Hoosiers. Click here to read entire press release.

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January 2012

The Generations Project has recently released a white paper: Critical Public Policy Questions "Regarding Right to Work" and the Potential Impact on Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities in Indiana. Click here to read the entire paper.

 

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December 2011

The United Senior Advocate

Indiana's CHOICE home care program continues to be targeted by the state administration. Read how the state's numbers don't add up.

Articles in this month's publication also include the Budget Control Act and how it may harm Hoosiers. The USA October 2011 convention is highlighted.

August 2, 2011

John Cardwell, Executive Director, United Senior Action

As members of Congress, I believe that each of you, when the whole of your collective service is fairly examined, have made important contributions to Indiana and the nation. However, the acid debate that is now going on in Washington does not set well with any of my family members, friends, neighbors and colleagues. It demeans your collective and individuals achievements and intellect. It demeans your ability to lead when we need leadership.

Click here to read entire letter that was published Aug. 2 in the Indianapolis Star.

June 22,2011

Editor’s Comment: Because of the extraordinary situation created by state agencies attempting to withhold monies appropriated by the General Assembly for publicly funded home care services for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, United Senior Action has published this special edition of The United Senior Advocate.

Click here to read this article and the online version of our summer edition.

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April 6, 2011 Press Release

FSSA’s Misrepresentations Regarding the CHOICE Home Care Program are Placing Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities in Jeopardy

 --- Legislative Leaders Should STOP Using FSSA’s Bad Data Now ---

(State House, Indianapolis) On April 6, 2011, leaders representing United Senior Action, Indiana Alliance for Retired Americans, Hoosiers First, and other member organizations of the Indiana Home Care Task Force called on the Indiana General Assembly to stop basing budget and policy decisions on data presented by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA). The civic leaders believe the data presented by FSSA has been grossly misrepresented by the agency. In their view, the continued use of FSSA’s “bad” data is causing legislators to make decisions, such as cuts in home care services that will place senior citizens and persons with disabilities in severe jeopardy according to the leaders.

The leaders recommended a straight forward solution to the problems being created by FSSA: put in the 2011 state budget act the same language and funding levels regarding the CHOICE program that were in the 2009 budget law passed by the General Assembly. Those details appear at the end of this press release as a Joint Statement Regarding CHOICE from the Indiana Home Care Task Force.

Click this link for the full text of the press release and the fact sheet.

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Indianapolis, Indiana

1/31/2011

On Monday, January 31, 2011 leaders from United Senior Action (USA) and the Indiana Alliance for Retired Americans (IARA), spoke out against drastic cuts and changes in the state’s CHOICE home care program. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) is proposing radical changes in the CHOICE program which has provided low cost, high quality home health care and related services to senior citizens and persons with disabilities since 1988.

The leaders of United Senior Action and the Indiana Alliance for Retired Americans released the joint statement that follows below.

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