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• Coyle: Let Us Make Sure this 3.6% Raise is not the Last Social Security COLA Ever

  October 21, 2011: Social Security recipients will get a 3.6% increase in benefits next year, their first raise since 2009, federal government officials announced on Wednesday. Alliance Executive DirectorEdward F. Coyle responded to the news in a pr Read More >

• PARA President Jean Friday Comments on the Social Security COLA

  October 19, 2011: For Immediate Release October 19th, 2011                                                                                          Social S Read More >

• Social Security COLA Increase Finally Coming, but Offset by Medicare Premiums

  October 14, 2011: After two years without an inflation adjustment, the Social Security Administration is expected to announce a 2012 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of more than 3 percent on October 19th. The annual Social Security COLA is determi Read More >

• Super Committee Could Cut Social Security COLAs with “Chained CPI” Change

  October 07, 2011: According to multiple sources, Members of Congress on the Super Committee charged with reducing the nation’s budget deficit are considering changing the formula that determines the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for future Soc Read More >

• Sickest Medicare Patients May Be Greatly Affected by the Super Committee

  September 30, 2011: The “Super Committee” in Congress is tasked with finding $1.2 trillion worth of savings by November 23. If its members fail to do so, automatic spending cuts will kick in, taking that amount evenly from domestic and military s Read More >

• Alliance Praises the President’s Economic Proposal

  September 23, 2011: On Monday, President Obama outlined a series of spending cuts and tax increases that will result in $4.4 trillion in deficit reduction. The plan calls for comprehensive tax reform, the closing of tax loopholes, and ending special Read More >

• White House Appears Unlikely to Put Social Security Cuts Back on the Table

  September 16, 2011: White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage has said that President Obama’s deficit proposal will not include any changes to Social Security, reiterating the President’s belief that Social Security did not cause the immediate deficit Read More >

• On First Day “Super Committee” Meets, 500 Alliance Members Come to Capitol Hill

  September 09, 2011: On Thursday, 500 seniors met with their Members of Congress and Senators and voiced their concerns about Social Security, Medicare, and other issues close to their heart. The activists came to Capitol Hill as part of the Alliance� Read More >

• As Super Committee Gets Set to Tackle the Nation’s Debt…

  September 02, 2011: According to Politico, Republican members of the deficit-slashing Super Committee are meeting on Capitol Hill to hash out their own strategy ahead of the panel’s first official meetings after Labor Day, preparing for an intense Read More >

• New Hampshire Alliance Takes on Mitt Romney

  August 26, 2011: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a group of New Hampshire seniors, including members of the Alliance, that he supports raising the retirement age or cutting benefits, as opposed to asking all taxpayers to pay a f Read More >