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• 2023 Winter Toolkit Tips

  February 14, 2023: How to Use this Toolkit This overview will help you get started with your mobilization efforts this winter. It provides detailed descriptions of the various sections and materials in the rest of the toolkit. Read more &n Read More >

• 2023 Winter Toolkit Fact Sheets and Position Papers

  February 14, 2023: Position Papers and Fact Sheets We included copies of our Social Security Medicare Facts and Figures , Expanding Social Security, Inflation Reduction Act, Increasing the Debt Ceiling and Social Security Fairness Act fact sheets a Read More >

• 2023 Winter Toolkit Lobbying Materials

  February 14, 2023:   Lobbying Materials We included a presentation on lobbying, a legislative calendar, talking points, an event planning guide, a report back form, a storytelling guide, and sample letters to the editor to support your mobili Read More >

• State of the Union: Retirees Call on President Biden to Stress That Social Security and Medicare Cuts Remain Off the Table

  February 07, 2023: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in advance of President Biden’s State of the Union address: “The state of the union is strong, but older Americ Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: Government Lets Health Plans That Ripped Off Medicare Keep the Money

  February 03, 2023: Medicare Advantage plans for seniors dodged a major financial bullet Monday as government officials gave them a reprieve for returning hundreds of millions of dollars or more in government overpayments — some dating back a decad Read More >

• Position Paper: Social Security Fairness Act

  February 03, 2023: The Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) were enacted in 1977 and 1983 respectively as amendments to the basic Social Security law. These provisions reduce Social Security benefits for public se Read More >

• Pandemic Food Benefit is Set to End, and Seniors Risk Additional Food Insecurity

  January 30, 2023: Next month, a pandemic-related benefit increase for participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, often referred to as food stamps, is scheduled to expire. The change could come despite advocates wa Read More >

• Drug Corporations Plan Price Increases on Life-Saving Medications Despite Billions in Increased Profits

  January 30, 2023: Major pharmaceutical corporations are set to increase prices on over 350 unique medications this month, continuing a trend of drug industry profiteering, according to Accountable.US and Reuters. A previous Accountable.US report sh Read More >

• Democrats Debate Whether President Biden Should Negotiate with Speaker McCarthy on Debt Limit

  January 30, 2023: House lawmakers and the White House continued to spar last week over whether to include Social Security and Medicare in negotiations over raising the debt limit. President Biden has steadfastly pledged not to cut the programs, ins Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: Rural Seniors Benefit From Pandemic-Driven Remote Fitness Boom

  January 27, 2023: MALMO, Minn. — Eight women, all 73 or older, paced the fellowship hall at Malmo Evangelical Free Church to a rendition of Daniel O’Donnell’s “Rivers of Babylon” as they warmed up for an hourlong fitness class. The wom Read More >