Advocacy

Jean Nofles of Aurora has been selected by AARP to receive Colorado’s 2013 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service, the Association’s most prestigious and visible volunteer award, which symbolizes an individual’s power and ability to make a difference in the lives of others.

Like most laws, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the health care law, is complex. Who could forget all the talk about this over 900-page document? You don’t need to read the entire law, but you do need to understand what the changes in the law mean to you. How the law works for you is based on who you are, where you live, and what your health status and health coverage is.

Join AARP Colorado's advocacy team this month and learn more about state and federal issues impacting AARP members, as well as the state as a whole.

You’ve Earned a Say about the future of Medicare and Social Security. But too many politicians in Washington aren’t listening.

AARP Colorado is pleased to share our 2013COLegislativeUpdate for 2013. How did your legislator vote on the bill that increased state funding for the services that help seniors stay at home and remain independent? What about deregulated telephone services and the bill that would have created a non-competitive market for a future classification of drugs called “biosimulars?” 2013COLegislativeUpdate .

A new analysis shows Social Security and Medicare cuts could increase poverty among older Coloradans as the supplemental poverty measure finds more seniors are struggling in Colorado.

Puzzled by the Health Care Law?

AARP Colorado staff, representing more than 650,000 members in the state, witnessed the signing by Gov. John Hickenlooper of the law to expand Medicaid.

Senior Services in Colorado will get an additional $4 million for the first time in years, deregulation of telephone – including Internet phone and land-line service – was stopped, voting for older adults will be easier, and biosimilars are going to need more than the word of two drug companies to prove they are safe for consumers.

A recent AARP study shows that about 90 percent of Colorado’s Latino residents, who are 50 and older, said it is “extremely” or “very” important that Social Security benefits are there when they need them.