This Active Life March 2004

A Message from the President

NEA-Retired member Joan King had just returned from a family trip when she heard the disturbing news:
The Florida Retirement System was poised to sink the pension contributions of school professionals into the battered Edison private management company.
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Cover Story

Stay put, renovate, or move to a community for seniors? Retirees like Beverly Cuthbertson explain their choices.
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Member Profiles

Meet Marsha Smith (Maryland), Barbara Risher (Mississippi), and Bill Hale (Indiana). What fuels their involvement in NEA?
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People

California member Howard Gilbert bikes in the footsteps of legendary explorers Lewis & Clark. Susan Erickson helps clothe kids during a cold Utah winter. Mississippi member Jacqueline Larry reinvigorates
the state's Student program.
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10 Minute Activist

Social Security and Medicare fixes will highlight congressional action on senior issues this year. A preview of the stretch run of the 108th Congress.
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Money

Learn how to protect yourself from one of the fastest growing crimes: identity theft.
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Ask the Expert

Congress recently approved a new addition to Medicare, Part D, that will offerprescription drug coverage beginning January 1, 2006. Here's the lowdown on the new drug benefit from the Medicare Rights Center, a nonprofit advocacy group.
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