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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made it official: your Medicare costs will rise in 2026, and the increase will absorb a significant share of next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B will reach $202.90, a $17.90 jump from the 2025 rate of $185.00.…

Medicare Open Enrollment is upon us. With all the insurer changes going on there is more than enough confusion going around – confusion that we do not need. According to a SHIBA rep at the state, Providence Medicare Advantage plans in Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, and Columbia counties and Samaritan Medicare Advantage plans in Linn, Benton…

Our regularly scheduled ROSE Meeting (via Zoom) for November 7th has been cancelled. Our next scheduled meeting will be December 5th at 2PM via Zoom.

The current government shutdown as you may be aware is being held up over Democratic demands to extend the Enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies and restore the cuts made to Medicare/Medicaid. Democrats have chosen to take a stand on these issues now rather try to extend the subsidies and restore the Medicare/Medicaid cuts prior to…

August 14th marks the 90th anniversary of Social Security! Social Security helps 16 million older adults and roughly 1 million children stay above the poverty line every month, and 97 percent of Americans receive or will receive Social Security after earning it through years of hard work. Yet, our earned benefits continue to be subjected to…

While only the Public Employees Retirement System Board has the authority to adopt, modify, or repeal PERS administrative rules, the rulemaking process provides an opportunity for public input in crafting public policy. PERS ensures that members, employers, and stakeholders are involved in the rulemaking process. To encourage this participation, PERS offers online access to the rulemaking process.…

OSEA Conference 2025 was held at the Holiday Inn Jantzen Beach on 26-28 June 2025. Your ROSE delegation consisting of Bonnie Luisi, Merlene Martin, Tim Stoelb, Missy Johnson, Everice Moro, Gloria Lundin, Susan Hardy, Kathryn Riegger, Bob Bradetich and Delores Piersol (Zone 7) were there to conduct the business of OSEA.  Three categories of action…

On Friday, July 4, President Trump signed the Republican Budget Reconciliation bill into law. The Alliance for Retired Americans strongly condemns this legislation because of its harmful effects on older Americans, including cutting nearly half a trillion dollars from Medicare and just under a trillion dollars in Medicaid to pay for tax breaks for corporations…

They’re out there looking for their next target. The goal of scammers is to separate their unwitting victims, often those that are not technically savvy, from their PII, including names, addresses, social security numbers, financial data, and other such information. Given this information scammers will seek to drain the victim’s bank accounts and run their…

FYI  There are several all over the state so click on the Hands Off mobilize feed to join up with a group Upcoming Day of Action This coming Saturday, April 5 has been designated as a national “Hands Off” Day of Action and mass mobilization and Labor is showing up in a BIG WAY. Donald…