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>Vote for Instant Runoff Voting in St. Paul – Nov. 3
Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Candidates for DFL endorsement for Governor
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Note: The DFL Senior Caucus does not favor or endorse any of the candidates at this time. This is not an official DFL list. [Last update: 9/20/09]
The purpose of this post is only to make links to candidate’s websites available in one location.
Senator Franken visits Senior Caucus at the State Fair
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Updated 9/7)
The two Senior Days at the State Fair DFL booth were the the best ever for the Senior Caucus.
189 seniors stopped by to talk and sign the registration sheet and 51 paid their membership dues.
Al Franken met with the Caucus on Monday. More below.
See YouTube of AL Franken receiving quilt from Senior Caucus [...]
Senior Federation closes – Finds homes for programs
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Minnesota Senior Federation has discontinued operations due to financial reasons. However, they arranged for other organizations to continue their programs. In their announcement they said:
Senior Caucus Board. 2009-2011
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new Senior Caucus Board was elected at the Annual Membership Meeting, May 30, 2009. Two officers, Secretary and Treasurer were elected. The following list includes their CD and SD.
MN Budget – Keep up to date!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What is the latest on the Minnesota Budget deliberations? The answer to that is constantly changing. One of the best and most readable sources for keeping in touch is MinnesotaBudgetBites.org. Try going there and see if it works for you.
>Action! Help Needed with Red River Flood
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ACTION ALERT: Help Needed with Red River Flood
Minnesotans in the Red River Valley desperately need our help to protect their communities from flooding. Governor Pawlenty has formally declared a disaster in seven northwestern Minnesota counties and the time for us to act is now to help save homes and lives.
Go to the DFL website for [...]
Roland Higgs, Senior Caucus Board Member
Posted in Uncategorized on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We were saddened to learn that Roland Higgs. the newest member of the Senior Caucus board, has unexpectedly passed away.
HR6331 Medicare Bill passes 69 to 30
Posted in Issues, Medicare, Natl Politics, Politics, Seniors, Uncategorized on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Senator Ted Kennedy came back to the Senate today to cast a vote for HR6331 Medicare Bill. Accommpanied by Senators Barrack Obama and John Kerry and his son, Representative Patrick Kennedy he was met with a standing ovation. His appearance inspired some Republicans who had previously voted against the bill when it failed to gain [...]
Alert! Senate to vote on Medicare Bill June 26th – Write your Senators now!
Posted in Medicare, Natl Politics, Uncategorized on June 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Minnesota Senior Federation has sent out alert saying that the senate is scheduled to act on the Medicare Bill Thursday, June 26.
Please send an email or make a telephone call urging your senators to support this legislation.
The House delivered a strong bipartisan message on June 24th in support of seniors and low income [...]
Listen to your doctor
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure that Seniors, as a group are much more interested, concerned and involved in health care than any other age group. It’s not that we all have an avocation for medical science, rather it’s because we depend on it to keep us moving and ticking more than, say, someone forty-something or younger. [...]
States are looking to rein in private Medicare plans
Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From a NY Times article by John Pear on June 5:
WASHINGTON — State officials say they will soon ask Congress for more power to regulate the marketing of private Medicare insurance plans to older Americans because they are still receiving complaints of high-pressure sales tactics that have led some beneficiaries to sign up for unsuitable [...]
Caucuses – a historical perspective and “Obama’s debt to Ickes”
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At last Saturday’s DNC meeting, Harold Ickes was one of the most memorable voices. A strong Hillary supporter, he had strong words about the Obama campaign. As Hillary seemed to mellowed on Sunday, Ickes really did, showing that passion and reason can coexist. This article from the Huffington Post, talks about [...]
Medicare’s Much-Too-Hard Sell
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A New York Times editorial on May 21 starts out…
“The Bush administration has proposed welcome new regulations to curb the deceptive, hard-sell tactics often used to foist private Medicare policies on unwary consumers. Unfortunately, it has been unwilling to eliminate the root cause of the problem: the high subsidies that prop up these plans and [...]
Governor for reducing health services
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Governor Pawlenty Proposes Reducing Health Services for Seniors and Poor by $250 million
On April 24, Governor released his latest solution for solving the
budget deficit – take $125 million from the Health Care Access Fund and
another $125 million in other health and human services grants and
programs. Again, targeting health care programs for elderly people [...]
