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Join us for a group walk in Bedford, VA- Nov. 5th at 3pm. -
Gaile Harrell helped customers during her career as an employee of USAA Insurance. Now she puts her decades of customer service experience to good use as an AARP volunteer in Northern Virginia. I spoke with Gaile at The Swiss Bakery in Springfield, Virginia. Our conversation has been edited for length. -
About 200 advocates for older Virginians broke bread with area legislators recently and urged them to do more during the upcoming session of the General Assembly to help and protect their most vulnerable constituents. -
It’s well known that prescription drug prices are skyrocketing in America. Price increases for brand name drugs have far exceeded the rate of inflation since at least 2006, according to AARP’s Rx Price Watch report. And the average annual cost for just one brand name drug taken on a chronic basis was about $6,800 in 2017, almost $1,000 more than in 2015. However, it’s not just patients paying for greedy Big Pharma practices that help keep drug prices high— it’s also taxpayers. -
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AARP Virginia will be offering a workshop called “Financial Basics for the 50-Plus” on two separate dates later this month. -
44% of Virginians do not have access to a retirement plan at work -
To locate the district in which you live, please visit https://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/ -
Today AARP Virginia joined dozens of AARP state offices and volunteers from across the country in Washington, D.C., to urge federal lawmakers to pass legislation to lower prescription drug prices. -
The AARP Fredericksburg Chapter 3396 work in their community is very extensive from helping veterans, organizing food drives, contributing to Soup for Seniors, advocacy and more. Join the AARP Fredericksburg Chapter 3396 at their next meeting every first Tuesday of every month, for more information visit their website http://aarp3396.org/.
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