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• Retiree Group Endorses Colin Allred for Election to U.S. Senate

  May 31, 2024: Cites His Commitment to Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits Dallas - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Congressman Colin Allred for election to the U.S. Se Read More >

• Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One.

  May 22, 2024: HOUSTON — Patients admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital get a monitoring device about the size of a half-dollar affixed to their chest — and an unwitting role in the expanding use of artificial intelligence in health care. Read More >

• Retiree Group Endorses Ruben Gallego for the U.S. Senate

  May 20, 2024: Cites His Commitment to Expanding and Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits Phoenix - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Ruben Gallego for election to the U. Read More >

• KFF Health News: Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm

  May 09, 2024: Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises. Even when physicians determine Read More >

• Report Shows Social Security Expansion Remains Affordable

  May 06, 2024: Democrats Have Plans to Further Strengthen Medicare and Social Security The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trustees reports on the Soci Read More >

• Position Paper: RSC Budget Proposal

  May 01, 2024: The Republican Study Committee (RSC), a House Caucus consisting of175 members out of a total Republican House Caucus of 217 members (80%), including every member of House Republican leadership, proposed a budget that calls for cut Read More >

• KFF Health News: Biden Administration Sets Higher Staffing Mandates. Most Nursing Homes Don’t Meet Them.

  April 25, 2024: The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more nurses and aides — while giving them years to do so. The new rules from the Centers for Medicare & Med Read More >

• KFF Health News: Nearly 1 in 4 Adults Dumped From Medicaid Are Now Uninsured, Survey Finds

  April 18, 2024: Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government Read More >

• KFF Health News: Your Doctor or Your Insurer? Little-Known Rules May Ease the Choice in Medicare Advantage

  April 03, 2024: Bart Klion, 95, and his wife, Barbara, faced a tough choice in January: The upstate New York couple learned that this year they could keep either their private, Medicare Advantage insurance plan — or their doctors at Saratoga Ho Read More >

• 2024 Regionals

  April 02, 2024: You’re invited! Join us at our regional meetings and strengthen your skills as a retiree activist. Make sure you’re ready to help elect pro-retiree candidates this November and win the fight for retirement security. Atte Read More >