Alliance President Barbara J. Easterling and Stella Johnson, an Alliance member and retired Washington, D.C. school teacher, joined Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (MT), Sen. Jeff Bingaman (NM), and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), at a Capitol Hill press conference on Thursday to discuss how America’s seniors will benefit from health care reform. The event purposely coincided with the day the first wave of rebate checks to help close the Medicare Part D doughnut hole today were being mailed. Almost 3.8 million American seniors are affected by the doughnut hole every year.
Also on Thursday, Colorado State Democratic Party Chair Pat Waak met with Colorado Alliance members in Denver to promote the mailing of the $250 rebate checks. Colorado Alliance President Vivian Stovall spoke about Alliance initiatives and United Steel Workers (USW) activist Deb Kolp shared her father's doughnut hole story.
Colorado Dems promote Medicare rebates - Denver Post
Seniors first to benefit from new health law with $250 rebate checks - SC Prog Blog
Health Reform and the Economy by the Numbers - Center for American Progress
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