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• KFF Health News: The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

  March 27, 2024: Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and fell on a patch of black ice. Pain shot through her left knee and ankle. After summoning her husband on her phone, with difficul Read More >

• KFF Health News: Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes

  March 14, 2024: Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a Read More >

• Trump Talks Social Security and Medicare Cuts; Older Americans Must Reelect Biden to Protect the Benefits They Earned

  March 11, 2024: During an appearance on CNBC’s Squawkbox program this morning, Donald Trump told host Joe Kernen that there “is a lot you can do to cut” Social Security and Medicare. Below is a response from Richard Fiesta, executive dir Read More >

• New Retiree Voting Record Released

  March 11, 2024: Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans released its 2023 Congressional Voting Record, which scored each U.S. Senator and Representative on critical retirement security issues, today. “Almost every member of Con Read More >

• State of the Union: Retirees Call on President Biden to Continue Lowering Prescription Drug Prices and Keeping Social Security and Medicare Cuts off the Table

  March 07, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding President Biden’s State of the Union address: “Tonight President Biden told the American people that Read More >

• Alliance for Retired Americans: House Budget Resolution (Again) Includes Tax Cuts for the Ultra-Wealthy and Will Lead to Cuts to Social Security and Medicare

  March 06, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to news that the U.S. House Budget Committee plans to vote on Thursday, March 7 on a Concurrent FY 2025 Bu Read More >

• 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 >