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Interested in volunteering? Email OWL at: info@owl-national.org for more information!
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Featured Link
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation re-launched its website, innovations.cms.gov, which features not only information about the Center's mission and operating process, but it also provides ways for the Center to gather new ideas to improve the health care system for Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP beneficiaries.
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Featured Link
With the one year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, healthcare.gov has kicked off a new initiative - Better Benefits, Better Health. Check out this initiative's website to see how the Affordable Care Act affects different demographics.
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In Case You Missed It...
On March 2nd, the Senate Special Commission on Aging held a hearing focused on elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation featuring actor, elder abuse victim and advocate Mickey Rooney. Check out a summary of the hearing on the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care's website.
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Thought of the Month:
The Advocate's Credo:
Thou art my child, my parent, and my elder, I love thee best, But could not love thee half as much, Loved I not all the rest.
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From Margaret Hellie Huyck, OWL's Board President:
Dear OWL members, supporters & friends:
OWL - The Voice of Midlife and Older Women is getting ready to launch our annual Mother's Day Campaign - this year focused on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 provisions that affect the lives of 74 million women over the age of 40. As most of us realize, "mothering" - assuming responsibility for the unpaid care of family members - is one of the important reasons that women continue to lag behind men in economic security. We honor all our mothers every year with the Mother's Day celebration, but within OWL by highlighting one of the important issues that differentially affect midlife and older women.
HONOR OUR MOTHERS by contributing to this campaign to educate everyone about why and how the health reforms are crucial. Connect to www.owl-national.org and just click on the Donate Now button! Or mail your contribution to our new address:
1025 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 701
Washington, DC 20036
You can participate in this very important advocacy effort. SAVE THE DATE: We will have an event on Capitol Hill, on May 5, to introduce the report.
Please join us in honoring our mothers by contributing now.
Margaret Hellie Huyck, Ph.D.
President, OWL National Board
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Congratulations to OWL Board Member, Sue Ward!
OWL is proud to congratulate board member Sue Fryer Ward for being named an Influential Marylander in the category of Civic Leadership. The honor, awarded by The Daily Record Editorial staff, will be celebrated at a reception on April 27th.
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Action Needed!
What: National Call-In Days to tell your Senator to vote YES on the Sanders-Reid Social Security Protection Ammendment.
The amendment states "that Social Security benefits for current and future beneficiaries should not be cut and that Social Security should not be privatized as part of any legislation to reduce the Federal deficit."
When: Tuesday, March 29th and Wednesday, March 30th
How: Call your Senator at 1-866-251-4044 and tell him/her:
"Hands off Social Security! Vote YES on the Sanders-Reid Social Security Protection Ammendment!"
Share: Tell your friends, family and colleagues about the National Call-In Days and distribute this flyer.
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Upcoming Events
Women in America Live Chat with Obama Administration Officials
Wednesday, March 30th
4:45 pm EST
www.WhiteHouse.gov/live
With the recent release of the new White House report, Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being, the White House Council on Women and Girls is hosting a live web chat with the women's website Shine. The chat will feature Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, and Preeta Bansal, General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
You can submit questions for Valerie Jarrett and Preeta Bansal now on Shine's website.
Support a Secure Site for the National Women's History Museum
Wednesday, March 30th
1:45 pm EST
Where: The House Triangle (across from the Longworth House Building on the East side of the Capitol)
Representative Carolyn Maloney and Senator Susan Collins will announce the reintroduction of legislation to purchase a site for a permanent home for the Museum at 12th and Independence Avenue, SW. The National Women's History Museum is gathering public support for a secure site for the museum and showing legislators that this historic museum must be built.
For questions about this rally, contact the museum at (703) 461-1920 or email mgolban@nwhm.org
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Recently Released Pensions at a Glance Reveals Pension Data Throughout the World
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently released a new edition of their book Pensions at a Glance. Some of the book's findings include: - Many countries have increased pension ages in the face of population aging and longer lives.
- Some countries have introduced an automatic link between pensions and life expectancy.
- Improvements to the incentives to work rather than retire are also a common part of recent pension-reform packages. However, ensuring that there are enough jobs for older workers remains a challenge.
The book also reveals how the US stacks up to other countries in terms of pensions and net replacement rate (NRR). The US still ranks very low among OECD countries in its net replacement rate from public pensions: 50.0% for the average earner, compared with 68.8% for the OECD countries. Only 6 out of 34 OECD countries had lower NRRs: Mexico, Ireland, Japan, Great Britain, New Zealand and Korea. The book is available for sale by OECD but portions can also be found online:
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