Jessica Prell

Some in Washington are pushing a budget proposal that would cut Social Security benefits, unfairly hurting women who rely more on Social Security to meet their basic needs, like paying for groceries, health care and heating bills as they age.

Analysis: "Chained CPI" Proposal Bad for WI Seniors

Responding to the governor’s budget address, AARP Wisconsin voiced concern over a lack of specifics about his plans to provide health care coverage to low-income childless adults beyond 2013, and his lack of response to requests for expansion of Family Care into eight counties that are eager to take on the state’s long-term care program as soon as state start-up funding is available.

As budget negotiations continue in Washington, AARP released an analysis showing the negative impact one proposal – the so called “chained CPI” -- would have on Wisconsin’s veterans’ compensation and pensions.

AARP Wisconsin today expressed extreme concern and disappointment with Governor Walker’s decision not to fully embrace the expansion of Medicaid services, which would have assured sustained health insurance coverage for approximately 175,000 low-income Wisconsinites who have no children living in their household.

The way some legislators talk, you get the idea that Social Security and Medicare are little more than just numbers in a budget. Yet for families all over America, Social Security and Medicare have a deeper meaning: They are the very foundation of retirement security. Social Security and Medicare enable millions of older Americans to survive financially each month, after years of working hard and paying taxes to earn these protections.

Christina Fox describes her life as a caregiver as being torn between two generations.

Edgewater resident Waldo Asp was awarded with AARP Wisconsin’s highest honor – the “2012 Andrus Award for Community Service” – at a ceremony in Hayward this fall. The award is AARP’s most prestigious volunteer award for community service.