Social Security Expansion
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Alliance for Retired Americans Enthusiastically Endorses Joe Biden for Reelection
January 30, 2024: Washington, DC -- Citing President Biden’s record of commitment to retirement security for every American, the Alliance for Retired Americans, a national grassroots advocacy organization, today endorsed Joe Biden for reelection Read More >
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KFF Health News: With Trump Front of Mind, New Hampshire Voters Cite Abortion and Obamacare as Concerns
January 25, 2024: HANOVER, N.H. — Health care issues are important to Lana Leggett-Kealey, who works as a genetic genealogist. But on Tuesday, as she walked out of her polling place at a local high school and into a frigid New England morning, sh Read More >
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Position Paper: Debt Commission Legislation Fast Tracks Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
January 21, 2024: Social Security and Medicare have been the foundation of retirement security for generations of Americans, providing income and health care to millions. Americans earn these benefits, contributing to them with every paycheck. O Read More >
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House Budget Committee Advances “Fiscal Commission” Legislation
January 19, 2024: On Thursday, the House Budget Committee approved three pieces of legislation that pave the way for cuts to Social Security and Medicare: the Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 5779), the Fiscal State of the Nation Act (H.R. 6952), and th Read More >
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Tell Congress to Expand Social Security
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KFF Health News: America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities
January 17, 2024: The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers ente Read More >
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Retiree Group Endorses Tom Suozzi for Election to U.S. House
January 08, 2024: Cites Commitment to Expanding and Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits, Lowering Drug Prices Levittown, NY - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Tom Suozzi fo Read More >
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Hearing Aids May Boost Longevity But Must Be Used Regularly
January 05, 2024: A new study has found that restoring hearing loss with hearing aids may lengthen people's lives. Dr. Janet Choi, an otolaryngologist with Keck Medicine of USC, wanted to evaluate whether restoring hearing with hearing aids coul Read More >
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Pharmaceutical Corporations Expected to Raise Prices on Over 500 Drugs This Month
January 05, 2024: Some of the largest American pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Sanofi, and Takeda Pharmaceutical, plan to raise prices on over 500 drugs starting this month according to data analyzed by healthcare research firm 3 Axis A Read More >
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220 People Finished Paying Social Security Taxes on New Year’s Day
January 05, 2024: Just a few hours into 2024, more than 220 Americans, including SpaceX/Tesla/X’s Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook, paid all their Social Security taxes for the year. This comes in sharp contrast to the over 160 million America Read More >