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In Phoenix, Kelly Stands with Arizona Families Following Passage of Trump’s Bill to Cut Medicaid and SNAP

July 20, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

In case you missed it, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly stood in Phoenix today alongside Arizona parents and children, seniors, and health care and food assistance providers a week after President Trump signed his “One Big Beautiful Bill.” In a press conference, Kelly highlighted that Trump’s law throws more than 300,000 Arizonans off their health care, slashes food assistance, leads to […]

Arizona senior faces extra hurdles to prove citizenship for voter registration

July 20, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

A 76-year-old Arizona woman may lose her voter registration unless she can produce decades-old divorce papers, highlighting complications some voters face following a statewide data error affecting approximately 83,000 Maricopa County residents. Letters have gone out to affected voters giving them 90 days to provide proof of citizenship to remain on the voter rolls. Video provided by ABC15 – Arizona

Seniors Helping Seniors® In-Home Care Services Expands in Cottonwood, AZ

June 25, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

Billy and Anita Clark bring heartfelt, in-home senior care to Northern Arizona with a focus on connection and community. PRESCOTT, Ariz., May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Seniors Helping Seniors® in-home care services, a franchisor with over 200 franchise partners and 400 territories nationwide, has grown rapidly in recent years by building a workforce of talented caregivers who create meaningful relationships with their senior care clients. […]

Blood Clots and Senior Citizens

May 17, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

It’s essential to stress that if you suspect a blood clot—especially in the leg (DVT), lung (PE), brain (stroke), or heart—you should seek medical attention immediately. Untreated clots can be life-threatening. Below is a general overview of how clots are treated and dissolved under medical supervision and supportive steps you can discuss with your doctor. 1. Emergency & Medical Treatments […]

New Podcast Life, Death, All of It Dares to Ask: What Happens When We Stop Hiding the Most Human Parts of Ourselves?

May 17, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

Hosted by Krista Berlincourt, Life, Death, All of It explores the psychology of silence — inviting listeners to claim their shame, speak the unsaid, and build unshakable confidence through deeply human conversations with thought leaders across disciplines. Los Angeles, CA, May 16, 2025 –(PR.com)– Krista Berlincourt, a researcher, author, executive coach, and entrepreneur, has launched Life, Death, All of It, a […]

Author Gary Chase’s New Book, “Boom, Baby, Boom!” is an Engaging Guide Designed to Help Baby Boomers Get Active and be Their Greatest, Healthiest Selves

May 16, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

Recent release “Boom, Baby, Boom!” from Newman Springs Publishing author Gary Chase is a unique and captivating guide that provides baby boomers with the tools they need to get and stay active in order to enjoy a healthy existence and not be held back by sedentary lifestyles and poor choices that lead to unhealthy outcomes. Gilbert, AZ, May 16, 2025 […]

Business

Bringing summer relief to low-income, homebound, isolated Seniors.

May 16, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

The City of Scottsdale’s Beat the Heat Program was established to assist Scottsdale residents who are low income, isolated, homebound, or disabled and age 60 years or older. Those individuals who are enrolled in this program are visited by Human Services staff and provided a care package consisting of a re-usable bag, drinks, snacks, toiletries, note pads and pens, a […]

Settlement Agreement Awards Contracts to Four Health Plans to Serve Elderly and Physically Disabled Members

May 15, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

Phoenix, AZ — Beginning October 1, 2025, four health plans will be covering services for Arizonans enrolled with the Arizona Long Term Care System-Elderly and/or Physically Disabled (ALTCS-EPD) program. This announcement is made possible by a settlement agreement that awards 3-year contracts, with options to extend, to each of the four health plans which are Arizona Physicians IPA, Inc. (dba […]

Legislation

Supplemental Oxygen Providers & Suppliers Commend Reintroduction of the Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act in U.S. Congress

May 8, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

The bipartisan legislation improves patient access to oxygen modalities, while strengthening Medicare fraud and abuse protections to improve respiratory care. Washington, DC, April 11, 2025 –(PR.com)– The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) – a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies – today applauds the reintroduction of the bipartisan Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act […]

Voting in Arizona

April 14, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

There is currently a lot of confusion about what is needed for people to vote in Arizona. You must show ID to vote in person. Most voters do not need a copy of their ID to vote by mail. Arizona asks you to provide proof of citizenship when you register to vote. Arizona Proof of Citizenship Requirements Arizona requests proof of […]

Federal Government Announces Early End to Behavioral Health and Community Health Worker Grants

April 8, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

March 28, 2025 Late on Monday, March 24, AHCCCS received notice that multiple federal grants had been terminated, effective immediately, almost six months early. These grants include the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUPTRS, formerly known as SUBG), the Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG), and the Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities grants […]

Attorney General Mayes Launches Webpage to Report Social Security Disruptions

March 31, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

March 31, 2025 – PHOENIX – Attorney General Kris Mayes today announced a new webpage her office is launching to collect reports of Social Security issues. “I am highly concerned that Elon Musk and the Trump Administration will take a wrecking ball to the Social Security Administration,” said Attorney General Mayes “We need any Arizonan who experiences any disruption to […]

Senior Citizen Challenges with Social Security

March 20, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

Recent changes to Social Security are poised to impact senior citizens in several significant ways: 1. Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA): In 2025, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will increase by 2.5%. This adjustment aims to help beneficiaries keep pace with inflation. However, projections indicate a lower COLA of 2.2% for 2026, which may not fully align with actual […]

Trump Team Dismantles Efforts to Find a Cure for Cancer and Other Deadly Disorders and Diseases

February 9, 2025 SrSupport Comments Off

February 9, 2025 Press Release Move to Slash Scientific Research Institutions Funded by the National Institutes of Health is in Direct Violation of the Law WASHINGTON — President Trump’s Administration is imposing a new policy to cap indirect costs for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grants at 15 percent, which would cut billions of dollars in funding for life-saving research […]

U.S. Attorney Totten Announces Second Wave Of Enforcement In Nationwide Telemedicine Fraud Schemes

November 25, 2024 SrSupport Comments Off

Operation “Happy Clickers” Results in Resolutions with Five More Doctors for Allegedly Authorizing Fraudulent Medicare Spending GRAND RAPIDS – U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced criminal convictions and civil settlements against a second wave of doctors who participated in nationwide telemedicine fraud schemes by ordering medically unnecessary orthotic braces and genetic […]