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Economic security concerns coalition

September 04, 2011 11:56:37 AM by Administrator Account
On the Senior Agenda by William F. Flynn, Jr.

    Many seniors face a very serious problem that we rarely talk about: poverty. We don’t like to use that word and tend to sugarcoat it with euphemisms such as “lack of economic security.” Any way you describe it, the troubling reality is that despite entitlement programs, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, many seniors have fixed incomes that aren’t keeping up with escalating costs of living in health care, housing and transportation.

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Society must change to negotiate age wave

July 03, 2011 2:49:01 PM by Administrator Account
On the Senior Agenda by William F. Flynn, Jr.

    We hear a lot about the graying of the baby boomers and the tremendous increase in the proportion of seniors that’s under way in our country. But most of us who work in the aging field haven’t reflected on what this trend will really mean.
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RIPAE supporters hit the phones

May 31, 2011 11:21:08 AM by Administrator Account
On the Senior Agenda by William F. Flynn Jr.

    When Rhode Island seniors find out that Gov. Lincoln Chafee’s budget would repeal the Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Assistance for the Elderly Program (RIPAE), they become very upset. That’s not my opinion, that’s a fact based on my discussions with many seniors during the past six weeks. I met with groups of seniors at nine housing buildings around the state, and I learned a lot.
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Entitlement is not a four-letter word

May 02, 2011 10:03:30 AM by Administrator Account
On the Senior Agenda by William F. Flynn, Jr.

    Recently, a friend who is retired asked me, “Why do they keep talking about Social Security and Medicare as entitlements as if they’re handouts? I just came across one of my old pay stubs, and I was paying a lot of money in taxes for them,” she added.  Her question led me to look into the word entitlement and its application to those programs that are vital for seniors.  
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At the end of the day, state has to retain RIPAE

March 01, 2011 9:26:57 AM by Administrator Account
On the Senior Agenda by William F. Flynn, Jr.

    The Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Assis-tance for the Elderly (RIPAE) Program has helped subsidize certain critically-needed prescription drugs for thousands of low- and moderate-income seniors for many years.
 
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