February 2, 2026

People in Business: Feb. 2, 2026 – Alice Bers

BY The Republican Business DeskMassLive

Community Legal Aid, which provides free legal services to over 9,000 low-income and elderly residents of Central and Western Massachusetts annually, announced that it has received funding from the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation to coordinate a statewide Medicare Advocacy Project.

The project assists individuals facing unfair coverage denials and other Medicare-related problems. Medicare is the federal health insurance program serving people age 65 and older and adults under 65 with disabilities.

Community Legal Aid has hired Alice Bers as director of the project. Bers previously worked at the Center for Medicare Advocacy. As litigation director, Bers brought lawsuits challenging policies that denied coverage or violated the rights of Medicare beneficiaries.

Bers started her legal career as a staff attorney in the Springfield office of Western Massachusetts Legal Services, one of Community Legal Aid’s predecessor organizations. She also clerked for the U.S. District Court in Hartford, Connecticut. A resident of Western Massachusetts for nearly 25 years, Bers received her B.A from Columbia University and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. Bers is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and served for 14 years on the board of directors of Square One, a nonprofit provider of early education and childcare based in Springfield.