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Here is a listing (courtesy of NY StateWide Senior Action Council) below of the special events being planned by senior and health consumer advocates across the state to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Medicare and Medicaid acts which were amendments to the 1935 Social Security Act. I didn’t realize that when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare law in Independence, Missouri with former President Harry Truman, that Truman was enrolled as the first Medicare beneficiary.
The big event this week which I previously mentioned is the celebration and concert at the Cohoes Music Hall in Albany County with Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary on Thursday at 12:00 noon until 2:30.
Also here is a link to the WGY radio interview I did on Saturday with Lou Pierro on the 5oth anniversary
http://www.wgy.com/media/podcast-pierro-pierro/life-happens-725-26224803/
Happy Birthday Medicare & Medicaid Events in NY State
Albany – Cohoes
Happy Birthday Medicare
Thursday July 30th – Noon till 2:30
Special Guest Performance : Peter Yarrow
Cohoes Music Hall
58 Remsen St
Statewide Senior Action Co 800-333-4374 statewide4@gmail.com
NYC- Manhattan
Thurs., July 30 @ 10:00 a.m.
Professional Staff Congress CUNY
61 Broadway, 16th floor, in downtown Manhattan
Metro, Professional Staff Congress/CUNY
646-527-6612 or metrohealth@igc.org
NYC- Staten Island
Gather @ 1 p.m.
New Amsterdam Plein (outside Staten Island Ferry Terminal in Manhattan) to take the 1:30 ferry
Press Conference @ 2 p.m.
Front steps of Staten Island Borough Hall
(opposite St. George Ferry Terminal)
646-527-6612 or metrohealth@igc.org
Syracuse
March for Medicare
Syracuse City Hall Commons
To the Federal Building
Thursday, July 30th – Begins 12 Noon
Alliance for Retired Americans
Broome County – Binghamton
Happy Birthday Medicare
Woodburn Court 1 Apts
Thurs July 30th – 12 Noon
21 Exchange St – Binghamton
Citizen Action at 607-723-0110
Sullivan County – Monticello
Friday July 31 – 10 AM
Ted Stroebele Neighborhood Facility
2 Jefferson St , Monticello
Special Guest : Michael Burgess
( former Director of the NYS Office of Aging )
