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• Social Security Callers Waiting Hours, Or Sometimes Days, for Help

  October 31, 2025: Seniors and people with disabilities calling the Social Security Administration (SSA) face endless looping music, long wait times, useless robot messages, and extended periods between a request and an actual callback, according to Read More >

• KFF Health News: Trump Team Takes Aim at State Laws Shielding Consumers’ Credit Scores From Medical Debt

  October 28, 2025: The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ credit reports. More than a Read More >

• Statement by Retiree Leader Richard Fiesta on the 2.8% COLA Increase for Social Security Beneficiaries

  October 24, 2025: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the announcement that there will be a 2.8% cost-of-living (COLA) benefit increase for millions of Social Sec Read More >

• Deepfake Scam Ads Promoting Fake Benefit Programs for Seniors Explode on Meta Social Media Platforms

  October 16, 2025: A new report from the Tech Transparency Project identified 63 scam advertisers that spent $49 million on more than 150,000 fraudulent Instagram and Facebook ads promoting fake stimulus checks, government benefits, and healthcare p Read More >

• The Looming Retirement Security Crisis – November 19, 2025

  October 10, 2025: Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time Location: AFL-CIO Headquarters, Washington, D.C. and also streamed online. Join labor movement leaders, policy experts, and others at a one day symposium to discuss the retirement Read More >

• Older Enrollees and Patients Living in Red States Will Be Hurt Most If ACA Subsidies Lapse

  October 09, 2025: Americans between the ages of 50 and 64 and those living in Republican congressional districts will be the hardest hit if the current Affordable Care Act tax credits are not renewed by Congress, according to new analyses from KFF. Read More >

• Retiree Leader Condemns Plan to Run Social Security with a Part-Time Commissioner

  October 06, 2025: The Alliance for Retired Americans blasted the Trump Administration’s decision to appoint Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano as CEO of the Internal Revenue Service — a move that will have him ess Read More >

• KFF Health News: Health Centers Face Risks as Government Funding Lapses

  October 03, 2025: [caption id="attachment_15806" align="aligncenter" width="700"] St. John’s Community Health in Los Angeles is one of the roughly 1,500 community health centers, some of which run multiple clinics, that are bracing for cuts to go Read More >

• Report: Poverty is Rising, But Only for Seniors

  October 02, 2025: The percentage of older Americans living in poverty increased from 14.2 to 15 percent between this year and last year, according to a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. The uptick is specific to seniors, as every other age Read More >

• KFF Health News: Shutdown Halts Some Health Services as Political Risks Test Parties’ Resolve

  October 01, 2025: Threats of a federal government shutdown have gone from being an October surprise to a recurring theme. This time around, though, the stakes are higher. Federal funding ran out at midnight on Oct. 1, after Congress failed to pa Read More >