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• KFF Health News: Say That Again: Using Hearing Aids Can Be Frustrating for Older Adults, but Necessary

  February 28, 2024: It was an every-other-day routine, full of frustration. Every time my husband called his father, who was 94 when he died in 2022, he’d wait for his dad to find his hearing aids and put them in before they started talking. Read More >

• 2024 Winter Toolkit

  February 22, 2024: 2024 Winter Legislative Toolkit Our legislative toolkit has all of the things you'll need to mobilize for change on key retirement security issues this winter. These resources include issue position papers and fact sheets, sam Read More >

• 2024 Winter Toolkit Tips

  February 22, 2024: 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 >

• 2024 Winter Toolkit Fact Sheets and Position Papers

  February 22, 2024: Position Papers and Fact Sheets We included copies of our Social Security and Medicare Figures, Debt Commission Legislation, and Inflation Reduction Act and Prescription Drug Prices fact sheets in the winter toolkit. Read more Read More >

• 2024 Winter Toolkit Lobbying Materials

  February 22, 2024: Lobbying Materials We included a presentation, a legislative calendar, a Retiree Hero/Zero event planning guide, a lobby visit guide and talking points, sample letters to the editor, and a storytelling worksheet to support your m Read More >

• Southern Lawmakers Rethink Long-Standing Opposition to Medicaid Expansion

  February 22, 2024: As a part-time customer service representative, Jolene Dybas earns less than $15,000 a year, which is below the federal poverty level and too low for her to be eligible for subsidized health insurance on the Obamacare marketplace. Read More >

• Tell Congress to Oppose Fiscal Commission Legislation

  February 21, 2024: Social Security and Medicare could be on the chopping block if we don’t act now. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) in the House and Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) in the Senate have intro Read More >

• KFF Health News: Halfway Through ‘Unwinding,’ Medicaid Enrollment Is Down About 10 Million

  February 08, 2024: Halfway through what will be the biggest purge of Medicaid beneficiaries in a one-year span, enrollment in the government-run health insurance program is on track to return to roughly pre-pandemic levels. Medicaid, which covers Read More >

• Seniors Beware: Guaranteed Medicare Benefits at Risk if Trump Returns to Office

  February 05, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to a Rolling Stone magazine article today detailing GOP plans to move quickly to privatize Medicare if Don Read More >

• KFF Health News: The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers’ ‘Patent Thickets’

  February 01, 2024: The Federal Trade Commission has challenged the validity of over 100 drug product patents, focusing on devices used to deliver medicines, like inhalers and autoinjectors, in an effort to increase competition and potentially lower Read More >