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• DOGE’s Data Dive Denied: Court Grants Preliminary Injunction and Blocks Access to SSA Systems

  April 17, 2025: Baltimore, MD — A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction blocking Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) from further accessing sensitive personal data stored within the Social Secur Read More >

• Retired Americans: Mike Rogers’ Senate Run Is a Threat to Social Security

  April 14, 2025: Washington, D.C. — Jim Pedersen, President of the Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement in response to Mike Rogers’ announcement that he is running for U.S. Senate: “How dumb does Mike Read More >

• KFF Health News: Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People

  April 11, 2025: President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for health progr Read More >

• Release: Unions, Retirees Raise New Concerns Over DOGE Access to Social Security Data

  April 11, 2025: Note: the below press release was issued by Democracy Forward, which is representing the Alliance and its co-plaintiffs in our lawsuit against the Social Security Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency. Unions Read More >

• KFF Health News: Rural Hospitals Question Whether They Can Afford Medicare Advantage Contracts

  April 10, 2025: Rural hospital leaders are questioning whether they can continue to afford to do business with Medicare Advantage companies, and some say the only way to maintain services and protect patients is to end their contracts with the pr Read More >

• New Retiree Voting Record Released

  April 10, 2025: Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans today released its 2024 Congressional Voting Record, which scores each U.S. Senator and Representative on important retirement security issues. “Most members of Congress p Read More >

• Retirees Welcome News That Most SSA Phone Services Will Remain Available to the Public

  April 09, 2025: Retirees Welcome News That SSA Phone Services Will Remain Available to the Public Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement regarding the Socia Read More >

• KFF Health News: ‘If They Cut Too Much, People Will Die’: Health Coalition Pushes GOP on Medicaid Funding

  April 03, 2025: Tina Ewing-Wilson remembers the last time major Medicaid cuts slashed her budget. In the late 2000s, during the Great Recession, the pot of money she and other Medi-Cal recipients depend on to keep them out of costly residentia Read More >

• Court of Appeals Blocks Trump Administration’s Improper Attempt to Overturn Temporary Restraining Order Protecting Social Security Data from DOGE

  April 01, 2025: Fourth Circuit Compels Government to Follow Procedural Rules Washington, DC—Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed the government’s appeal of a temporary restraining order protecting sensitive dat Read More >

• Alliance Statement on Federal Workforce Executive Order

  April 01, 2025: Statement from Robert Roach, Jr. President, Alliance for Retired Americans The 4.4 million members of the Alliance for Retired Americans strongly condemn this Administration’s retaliatory executive order attacking the fu Read More >