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• KFF Health News: Resources Are Expanding for Older Adults on Their Own

  December 12, 2024: Jeff Kromrey, 69, will sit down with his daughter the next time she visits and show her how to access his online accounts if he has an unexpected health crisis. Gayle Williams-Brett, 69, plans to tackle a project she’s been p Read More >

• Retirees Have Serious Concerns about the Selection of Frank Bisignano to Lead SSA

  December 06, 2024: Retirees Have Serious Concerns about the Selection of Frank Bisignano to Lead SSA The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Donald Trump's nominat Read More >

• KFF Health News: Nursing Home Industry Wants Trump To Rescind Staffing Mandate

  December 05, 2024: Covid’s rampage through the country’s nursing homes killed more than 172,000 residents and spurred the biggest industry reform in decades: a mandate that homes employ a minimum number of nurses. But with President-elect Don Read More >

• Elon Musk, Sen. Mike Lee Declare War on Social Security

  December 03, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) and Elon Musk’s attack on the Social Security benefits Americans have earned over Read More >

• KFF Health News: TV’s Dr. Oz Invested in Businesses Regulated by Agency Trump Wants Him To Lead

  November 26, 2024: President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — recently held broad investments in heal Read More >

• Fact Sheet: Social Security and Medicare: Current Facts and Figures

  November 22, 2024: Nearly 184 million workers contribute to Social Security and Medicare through payroll taxes. Details like benefit amounts and premiums change each year. Our fact sheet has the latest figures for 2025. Download the fact sheet Read More >

• Tell Your Senators to Support the Social Security Fairness Act

  November 18, 2024: For decades, two unfair Social Security law provisions have unjustly deprived more than 2 million public service retirees of the benefits they have earned. But we have an opportunity to fix this injustice. The U.S. House just p Read More >

• KFF Health News: Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’

  November 15, 2024: Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team Read More >

• KFF Health News: Watchdog Calls for Tighter Scrutiny of Medicare Advantage Home Visits

  November 14, 2024: A new federal watchdog audit is ratcheting up pressure on government officials to crack down on billions of dollars in overcharges linked to Medicare Advantage home visits. But so far, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Se Read More >

• Retirees Applaud House of Representatives’ Passage of Social Security Fairness Act

  November 12, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding House passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82: “Tonight the U.S. House of Representatives Read More >