Advocacy

State Director Nancy McPherson and volunteer State President Brenda Hatfield along with AARP volunteers and staff from every other state in the nation visited Capitol Hill today. They are expressing their opposition to the President’s proposed Social Security benefit cut known as Chained CPI and to support responsible solutions to strengthen Medicare for Louisianans.

On Saturday, May 11th you have the opportunity to participate with thousands of AARP members to help "Stamp Out Hunger."

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has announced that the Louisiana Action Coalition is one of only 20 states to be part of a new $3 million initiative, the Future of Nursing State Implementation Program. The program is designed to help states prepare the nursing profession to address our nation’s most pressing health care challenges—access, quality, and cost.

Today AARP Louisiana released new survey results that show 66 percent of older Louisiana voters would be considerably less favorable to their member of Congress or Senator if the member voted for a chained or superlative CPI proposal, expected to be in the President’s budget proposal this week. The survey shows that 87 percent of Louisiana voters age 50+ also oppose the highly unpopular idea of reducing Social Security benefits to reduce the deficit. AARP also released a national survey that could indicate how a vote for benefit cuts could impact House and Senate races across the nation.

Look out for these volunteers on LA SWIFT -- they'll be surveying folks who ride transit between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Officials are threatening to cut this service. Make your voice heard and contact your Parish P resident -- let him or her know that LA SWIFT is a vital link between the two cities. It connects people to jobs, family and services. And, it also reduces the amount of cars on the Interstate. Call your Parish President today!

Right now in every legislative district across the state, AARP volunteer advocates are meeting with legislators in advance of the legislative session.

From 2001 through 2009, the number of people age 50 and above struggling with hunger or lacking sufficient nutrition and food resources rose by almost 80 percent. Today, nearly 9 million older Americans are at risk of hunger. Unless we act, that number will only increase as the aging population grows.