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• News: Biden Administration Announces 500,000 New HealthCare.gov Sign-Ups

  April 09, 2021: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials announced on Wednesday that, between mid-February and the end of March, more than 500,000 Americans had signed up for coverage on HealthCare.gov, the federal at the Affo Read More >

• News: American Rescue Plan Can Expand Medicaid in States That Have Refused Funds

  April 09, 2021: The newly enacted American Rescue Plan is dramatically shifting the debate in several states that have refused federal funding to expand Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act. The new law includes additional funding for two yea Read More >

• News: Lobbyists Fight Democratic Proposals on Drug Pricing, Vaccine Access

  April 09, 2021: Pharmaceutical corporations are preparing for battle as President Biden considers whether to waive patent protections on vaccines to help other nations fight the coronavirus and House Democrats write legislation to require Medicar Read More >

• ‘I Can Breathe Again’: Older Adults Begin to Test Freedom After Covid Vaccinations

  April 05, 2021: With a mix of relief and caution, older adults fully vaccinated against covid-19 are moving out into the world and resuming activities put on hold during the pandemic. Many are making plans to see adult children and hug gra Read More >

• Texas Retirees Stand Against Voter Suppression Legislation

  April 01, 2021: Seniors Demand that state legislators vote against the bills AUSTIN – The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, with 146,000 members statewide, is demanding that state legislators oppose bills such as SB 7 and HB 6, which will Read More >

• Retirees Welcome American Jobs Plan

  April 01, 2021: Praise Provisions to Expand Home and Community-based Long Term Care Services The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding President Biden’s American Read More >

• KHN: ‘Incredibly Concerning’ Lawsuit Threatens No-Charge Preventive Care for Millions

  March 31, 2021:   With a challenge to the Affordable Care Act still pending at the Supreme Court, conservatives are continuing to launch legal attacks on the law, including a case in which a Texas federal judge seems open to ending th Read More >

• KHN: Under New Cost-Cutting Medicare Rule, Same Surgery, Same Place, Different Bill

  March 29, 2021: A cost-saving change in Medicare launched in the final days of the Trump administration will cut payments to hospitals for some surgical procedures while potentially raising costs and confusion for patients. For years, the Read More >

• News: President Biden Signs Law Saving Multiemployer Pension Plans from Insolvency

  March 25, 2021: One of the most important parts of the American Rescue Plan for union members and numerous other workers and retirees is its provision saving multiemployer pension plans from insolvency. More than ten million Americans, including Read More >

• KHN: Democrats Eye Medicare Negotiations to Lower Drug Prices

  March 25, 2021: Democrats, newly in control of Congress and the White House, are united behind an idea that Republican lawmakers and major drugmakers fiercely oppose: empowering the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate the prices Read More >