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For more information on advocacy issues, click on any of the following articles and letters, arranged with the most recent on top.

• Budget, home and community based services topped Elder Services Legislative Forum(06/07)

• Elder Services Executive Director: Older Americans Month and the state budget debate (05/07)

• Elder Services Executive Director: State Budget Update  (04/07)

• Letter to ask State Representatives to sign Amendments supporting additional funding for Home and Community-based services (04/12/06)
• Letter to ask  State Representatives to support Amendments to provide additional funding for Councils on Aging (03/30/06)
• Letter to Senator Nuciforo (03/30/2006
• Letter sent to State Representatives (03/30/06)
• Text of Equal Choice bill S. 2273 April 2006
• Letter sent by Al Norman to Chair Deleo (03/28/06)
• Legislative Update - From the Director April 2006
• Advocacy Tools - Tips for calling your legislator April 2006
• Budget Information Update (06/01/05)
• Legislative update..."equal choice" initiatives
• State Budget Update
• Getting Involved in advocacy
• Budget Update, From the Director, March 2005, by Robert P. Dean
• Privatizing Social Security hurts American workers, by Congressman John W, Olver
• Social Security Update, From the Director, February 2005, by Robert P. Dean
• Fix the Medicare Prescription Drug Law Now, by Senator John F. Kerry
• Response to the Governor's January 26, 2005 budget - Robert P. Dean
• A Happy and Healthy New Year, From the Director, January 2005
• What elders can expect in community-based services, by Representative Smitty Pignatelli
• Forging ahead with prescription drug coverage
• Letter from Elder Services to Senator Edward Kennedy, November 22, 2004
• Elder Services Announces Open Enrollment for Prescription Advantage Plan
• August 2004 Letter From Executive Director to Senator and Representatives
• Berkshire Senior, June 2004 - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy: The sad truth about Medicare "reform"
• May 27, 2004 - Letter from Executive Director Robert Dean to Berkshire Delegation: Comparison of House and Senate budgets
• April 2004 - Requests shared with Senator Nuciforo
• April 2004 Letter to 4 State Representatives
• March 2004 Letter to Legislators
• Congressman John W. Olver: Medicare and prescription drugs: let’s put seniors first  (02/19/04)
• Senator John Kerry: Government Thoughts: Winners and Losers in Medicare bill  (02/01/04)
• State Budget Fiscal Year 2005 - The Governor's Budget (01/28/04)
• Letter to Senate President Travaglini in support of Senate bill s.767 (01/26/04)
• Senate 767 - regarding Choice of Long Term Care Services (01/26/04)
• Archives: read all past Elder Alerts
• Open Enrollment for Prescription Advantage Plan
• Senate Overrides Governor’s COA veto (July 18, 2003)
• House and Senate Overrides as of July 17, 2003
• House Overrides Governor’s Vetoes of Elder Programs 07/17/2003
• DON'T MAKE HOME CARE AN AUTUMN AGENDA - 7/15/03
• HOUSE RESTORES PURCHASED SERVICES LINE ITEM 7/10/03
• July 10 - House has not yet taken up Home Care overrides
• Governor Romney’s Vetoes Will Hurt Elders
• June 30, 2003 Elder Services’ Response to State Budget Cuts
• June 30, 2003 Governor’s Budget Cuts to Elder Programs
• Letter sent to Berkshire County Legislative Team, dated June 5, 2003
• Statement given to senator Nuciforo, May 14
• Statement of Elder Services of Berkshire County, May 1, 2003
• Letter signed by 194 Berkshire elders and hand-delivered to legislators May 1
• From the Director: An Alternative to the Governor’s Plan, Berkshire Senior May 2003
• A Call to Action for Elders, Berkshire Senior May 2003
• Cut of Prescription Advantage is Short-sighted, Advocate Weekly April 30 
• Budget Cuts and Councils on Aging, Berkshire Senior, May 2003
• Don’t Downgrade Elder Affairs (EOEA), signed by four former EOEA Secretaries, April 22.
• Statement to the Joint Ways and Means Committee
• June 26, 2003 Status of FY 2004 State Budget