AARP Kentucky

2013 General Assembly - AARP Kentucky Statement: Preserve Public Pensions

Serving Kentucky, Delivering for Members

Looking Ahead: Volunteers Giving Back to Others in 2013

AARP Urges Governor Beshear to Expand Medicaid Coverage Under ACA

Ron Bridges – AARP Kentucky State Director

Responsible solutions needed for long-term challenges facing Social Security and Medicare.

As Americans paused to remember Pearl Harbor Day, local veterans – spanning WWII to Iraq –where recognized for their service to the nation. Ohio County Fiscal Court honored local veterans at its December meeting with their families and local AARP volunteers.

You may reach us during business hours at: 10401 Linn Station Road, Suite 121 in Louisville, Ky 40223. Phone toll-free: 1-866-295-7275 Fax: 502-394-9918 kyaarp@aarp.org Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Local Map Directions: Your Kentucky state office is committed to helping Kentuckians 50+ live their best lives possible.

AARP Kentucky staff and volunteer Charlotte Whittaker met with Senators McConnell and Paul, Representatives Guthrie, Massie, Yarmuth, Whitfield (or their staff) and other key members of Congress involved in the lame duck discussions to avert a so-called “fiscal cliff”. From across the country, AARP brought key state volunteers and staff together on Capitol Hill to urge high ranking members of Congress not to reduce Social Security or Medicare benefits in any end of year deal. With regard to both Medicare and Medicaid they told members of Congress that simply reducing government expenditures by shifting costs does not lower the cost of health care—it merely shifts the cost to beneficiaries and other payers.

AARP Kentucky is proud to present the 2012 Andrus Award for Community Service to Charlotte Whittaker from Hartford.