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• Tell Congress to Mark Medicare’s 56th Birthday with Lower Drug Prices

  June 28, 2021: It's Medicare's 56th birthday this year! You can sign our petition to tell Congress to mark the occasion by requiring Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. Read More >

• Schumer Backs Plan to Expand Medicare, Add Dental, Vision, and Hearing Coverage

  June 28, 2021: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (NY) said he backs a proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) to include dental, vision, and hearing coverage in Medicare on Sunday. Schumer made the argument for expanding Medicare coverage duri Read More >

• Legislative Toolkit

  June 25, 2021:   2021 Summer Legislative Toolkit Our legislative toolkit has all of the things you'll need to celebrate Medicare and Social Security and mobilize for change on our key retirement security issues this summer. These resou Read More >

• Toolkit Tips

  June 25, 2021:   How to Use this Toolkit This overview will help you get started with your mobilization efforts this summer. It provides detailed descriptions of the various sections and materials in the rest of the toolkit. Read mo Read More >

• Position Papers

  June 25, 2021:   Position Papers and Fact Sheets We included copies of our Social Security Medicare Facts and Figures and Social Security Fairness Act fact sheets as well as our position papers on the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs N Read More >

• Mobilization and Communications

  June 25, 2021:   Storytelling Materials We included tips for how to structure anniversary events, a personal storytelling minikit, and sample letters to the editor to support your mobilization efforts. Read more Read More >

• Lobbying Best Practices

  June 25, 2021:   Lobbying Best Practices We included tips for how to structure lobbying events, talking points, and a report back form to support your mobilization efforts. Read more Read More >

• Black and Hispanic Americans Suffer Most in Biggest US Decline in Life Expectancy Since WWII

  June 24, 2021: [caption id="attachment_12157" align="alignnone" width="960"] PHOENIX, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 07: Maricopa County constable Darlene Martinez evicts a tenant on October 7, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Thousands of court-ordered evictions c Read More >

• Pandemic Swells Medicaid Enrollment to 80 Million People, a ‘High-Water Mark’

  June 24, 2021: The pandemic-caused recession and a federal requirement that states keep Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled until the national emergency ends swelled the pool of people in the program by more than 9 million over the past year, acco Read More >

• Retiree Organization Urges Congress to Lower Drug Prices Now; Older Americans are “Fed Up”

  June 22, 2021: Statement from Richard Fiesta, executive director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on the Senate Finance Committee’s Principles for Drug Pricing Reform: “Americans continue to pay the highest prices in the world for p Read More >