Social Security Expansion
How will recent Social Security expansion efforts benefit older Americans?
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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KFF Health News: AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments
September 25, 2025: [caption id="attachment_15788" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Mehmet Oz, chief of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said during a June press conference that “violence in the streets” had prompted the Trump ad Read More >
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Bisignano Admits Trump Administration Backing Away From Promise Not to Cut Social Security
September 19, 2025: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano’s September 18, 2025 interview on Fox Business: Yesterday, the Co Read More >
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KFF Health News: Team Trump’s Answer to Ballooning Obamacare Premiums: Less Generous Coverage
September 17, 2025: Trump administration officials, looking at the possible impact of large insurance premium increases for millions of next year’s Obamacare customers, want more people to consider plans with less generous benefits and high deducti Read More >
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Medicare Telehealth Services Will Expire on September 30
September 17, 2025: Congress only has until the end of September to renew expanded Medicare telehealth services. Before the COVID pandemic, only certain patients with specific diagnoses and conditions were eligible to receive telehealth medical care. Read More >
