Advocacy

AARP Michigan celebrated final passage today of a House bill that enables nurses and other retired health care professionals to get a special license to perform volunteer work in rural and underserved areas.

LANSING, MI -- AARP Michigan announced today it is sending letters to members of the State Senate Energy & Technology Committee notifying them that their vote on Senate Bill 636 is designated a “key vote.” By designating the telecommunications bill a key vote, AARP will inform members and the public about how lawmakers vote on this critical bill.

LANSING – An AARP Michigan call to action in opposition to a Senate bill that would allow AT&T to abandon its landline telephone service in the state spurred more than 500 AARP members to call their state Senators over the past several days.

The October 1 launch of the Michigan Health Insurance Marketplace cast AARP Michigan in the spotlight in the media and on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) outreach trail.

AARP Michigan strongly opposes Senate Bill 636, which would eliminate minimal consumer protections and cut landline service that is so important to seniors across the state, especially in rural areas.

DAVID EGGERT Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. – AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond sent a letter to Members of Congress today, urging a resolution to the debt ceiling debate that avoids default and protects the retirement security of current and future generations. The letter follows.

Gov. Rick Snyder signed the Healthy Michigan bill today, improving the strength and health of the state with a stroke of the pen.

AARP Michigan is fighting to remove barriers that prevent guardians in our state from providing for their loved ones, regardless of where they live.

The state House today gave final passage to the Healthy Michigan legislation, which will provide Medicaid health care coverage to 470,000 uninsured people in the state.