Stella Johnson (at left) and Caesar Dudley, community-based members from Washington DC, spoke powerfully on behalf of the Alliance at separate events on Capitol Hill this Thursday. Johnson joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka at a Steelworker-sponsored rally to celebrate the passage of the new health reform law. Johnson, who has fallen into the Medicare doughnut hole, said the new law will, “help seniors like me who struggle every day to afford the prescriptions and medical tests that they must have.”
Dudley spoke alongside several leading House Democrats to launch a congressional Seniors Task Force and unveil a Seniors Bill of Rights. He said, “People are living longer and longer, and our government must pay more attention to the needs of this growing population."
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