Strengthening Social Security
How will recent efforts to strengthen Social Security benefit older Americans?
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KFF Health News: Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees on Medicaid
July 15, 2026: As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to publicly name the largest companies that have employees enrolle Read More >
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KFF Health News: Thousands of Medicare Beneficiaries Thought Their Drug Plan Was Free. Then They Lost It.
July 07, 2026: Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, live in rural Minnesota until temperatures dip below freezing, when they take refuge in Arizona for the winter. While away, their mail is forwarded. But Pare, 77, said he didn’t receive any Read More >
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Supreme Court Affirms Protections for Older Americans and All Mail Voters
June 29, 2026: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the 5-4 Supreme Court decision in Watson v. RNC. The Mississippi Alliance for Retired Americans was an inter Read More >
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KFF Health News: Medicare Advantage Company Pays $342M to Government in Midst of Billing Probe
June 26, 2026: A major Medicare Advantage company has paid the government more than $342 million to help settle allegations that it overcharged the federal healthcare program for years. Elevance Health, which covers about 2 million people on Read More >
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KFF Health News: Medicare’s AI Push Snarls Patients and Doctors in Errors and Delays
June 25, 2026: (iStock/Getty Images) Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an e Read More >
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KFF Health News: Democrats Seek To Spotlight Rising Health Costs by Forcing Vote on Trump Regulation
June 18, 2026: In a move that mixes pure politics with weedy congressional procedures, Senate Democrats are seeking to force a vote to overturn a Trump administration rule that they say will make it harder to enroll in Affordable Care Act health Read More >
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KFF Health News: Trump Bought Tobacco Stocks and Raked In Industry Donations as FDA Eased Standards
June 11, 2026: President Donald Trump, who once declared he had “saved” flavored vapes, grew his stock holdings this year to as much as $1.64 million in tobacco giant Philip Morris. He also had holdings in Altria and a third leading tobac Read More >
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Congress Must Act Now to Protect Social Security—Make the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share
June 09, 2026: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance, regarding the Trustees’ reports on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds released today. The report states that the Social Securit Read More >
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Administration Launches Attacks on Vote-By-Mail Just In Time for Midterm Elections
June 04, 2026: Last week, the United States Postal Service (USPS) proposed a new rule that would force states to provide data for mail-in and absentee voters to the federal government, including names, addresses, and envelope barcode information Read More >
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KFF Health News: Baffling. Frustrating. Frightening. What It’s Like To Be Sued Over Medical Debt.
June 01, 2026: When Christine Wood received a $12,000 bill from Bristol Hospital, she thought it must be a mistake. It was more than she and her husband made in a month combined. “I’m freaking out,” said Wood, who lives in a 1,700-squar Read More >
