Advocacy

Americans overwhelmingly want to age at home. But that can be difficult for those who need help with tasks such as bathing and preparing meals.

Nobody should face a big tax increase because they have high medical costs.

Technology has spurred great advances in medicine, and now it’s improving access to health care as well. Act_203_2017_ , which took effect August 1, allows patients in Arkansas to initiate an audiovisual visit with a doctor from home or another convenient remote location.

Utility costs can be burdensome, especially for people living on fixed incomes. And keeping track of proposed rate increases can be daunting.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to today’s U.S. Senate vote on the motion to proceed to consider a health care bill that would cut Medicare and Medicaid and impose an Age Tax on older Americans, AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond released the following statement:

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by a razor-thin margin. In this video, our State Volunteer President explains how the AHCA would substantially raise costs and limit health care coverage for hundreds of thousands of Arkansans. Call 844-222-0110 and urge Senator Tom Cotton to do the right thing—and oppose this bad, high-cost bill.

LITTLE ROCK— AARP_FS_LTSS2017_Arkansas_061017 , and AARP warns much more must be done, at an accelerated pace, to meet changing demographic demands. Specific areas of concern in Arkansas include effective transitions between nursing homes, hospitals and homes.

Vickie Garner of Hot Springs is among the many Arkansans ages 50 to 64 with serious concerns about how the American Health Care Act would affect them. Please click the video below for Vickie's story, then scroll down for additional information.

Over 575,000 Arkansans rely on Medicare to help pay for their prescription drugs, doctor visits and hospitalizations. AARP Arkansas volunteer Joy Crow explains how the new healthcare bill weakens Medicare by reducing spending, hastening Medicare’s insolvency and increasing premiums. Instead of giving a windfall to pharmaceutical companies, Congress should do more to reduce the burden of high prescription drug costs!

AARP Arkansas State Volunteer President Charlie Wagener in a column published May 28, 2017, in the Southwest Times Record— "Health-care act is unfair, unaffordable”—explains why the health care bill currently before the U.S. Senate would be bad for Arkansans, especially those 50 and over. Based in Fort Smith, the Times Record is Arkansas' second-largest daily newspaper by circulation.