you've earned a say

AARP New Hampshire hosted a live telephone town hall this morning with Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter to educate its members on responsible solutions to Social Security and Medicare.  

AARP New Hampshire hosted a live telephone town hall this morning with Senator Jeanne Shaheen to educate its members on responsible solutions to Social Security and Medicare.  

AARP New Hampshire returns to the Seacoast June 4, 5 and 6 and invites residents to share their ideas and “have a say” about the future of Social Security and Medicare during two You’ve Earned a Say listening sessions in Portsmouth at Community Campus and Living Innovations. 

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

AARP New Hampshire returns to the North Country and invites residents to share their ideas and “have a say” about the future of Social Security and Medicare during the organization’s second You’ve Earned a Say tour of the North Country.  Listening sessions will be held in Shelburne, Berlin and Gorham; an information session will be held in Gorham for those interested in volunteering for AARP. 

AARP Legislative Policy Director David Certner was in the Granite State in 2012 to deliver the keynote address, Financial Security and the Economy, at the New Hampshire Forum on the Future and offered the following on the importance of Social Security to New Hampshire families. 

Granite Staters earn Social Security benefits through a lifetime of hard work.  But the program is facing long-term financial challenges as the overall population ages and contributions aren’t keeping up with longer life expectancies.  And while Medicare provides guaranteed affordable health care, the program’s challenges include rising health care costs and a growing number of people entering the program.