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• Census Report Highlights Older Households’ Sources of Income

  February 14, 2022: While Social Security makes up the largest share of most older adults’ incomes, other sources also provide earnings to people 65 and older. A new report from the United States Census Bureau analyzed older households’ sources o Read More >

• Alliance Cheers House Passage of Bipartisan Postal Reform Bill

  February 14, 2022: On Wednesday the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3076, the 2021 Postal Reform Act, on a bipartisan 342-92 vote, repealing the Congressional mandate that the United States Postal Service (USPS) spend billions of dollars e Read More >

• KHN: Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars

  February 10, 2022: The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best in the country — for having the highest numbers of patient infections and potentially avoidable Read More >

• Thank Postal Workers

  February 09, 2022: Since the beginning of the pandemic, USPS employees have kept this country running. Click here to thank them for their work during this difficult time. Read More >

• Medicare to Pay for Home Covid Tests

  February 04, 2022: On Thursday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to make over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests available to people with Medicare at no cost by “early spring.” CMS's initial OTC testing poli Read More >

• COVID-19 Widows Struggle to Get Survivors Benefits as Social Security Offices Remain Closed

  February 04, 2022: In addition to causing pain, misery and death to millions of infected Americans, the coronavirus pandemic has forced Social Security offices to close in-person operations, and many children and spouses are experiencing long delays Read More >

• Florida Alliance’s Lawsuit Against the State’s Restrictive Voting Law Goes to Court

  February 04, 2022: Witness testimony began Monday in a lawsuit challenging the state of Florida’s restrictive voting law. The Florida Alliance is a plaintiff in the suit, which is being held by teleconference due to the pandemic. Florida Govern Read More >

• The Alliance and the AFL-CIO Celebrate Black History Month, Lunar New Year

  February 04, 2022: "We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now," Martin Luther King Jr. famously said. Since February 1 was both the Lunar New Year — also known as the Chinese New Year — and the first day of Black Read More >

• KHN: Pandemic-Fueled Shortages of Home Health Workers Strand Patients Without Necessary Care

  February 03, 2022: Frail older adults are finding it harder than ever to get paid help amid acute staff shortages at home health agencies. Several trends are fueling the shortages: Hospitals and other employers are hiring away home health workers Read More >

• Nursing Home Staff Shortage Worsens as the Pandemic Continues

  January 28, 2022: Staff members of nursing homes across the country continue to quit in droves as a result of low wages and poor working conditions during the pandemic. Poor working conditions and lack of COVID-19 protections in long term care f Read More >