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• The Alliance and the AFL-CIO Celebrate Black History Month, Lunar New Year

  February 04, 2022: "We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now," Martin Luther King Jr. famously said. Since February 1 was both the Lunar New Year — also known as the Chinese New Year — and the first day of Black Read More >

• KHN: Pandemic-Fueled Shortages of Home Health Workers Strand Patients Without Necessary Care

  February 03, 2022: Frail older adults are finding it harder than ever to get paid help amid acute staff shortages at home health agencies. Several trends are fueling the shortages: Hospitals and other employers are hiring away home health workers Read More >

• Nursing Home Staff Shortage Worsens as the Pandemic Continues

  January 28, 2022: Staff members of nursing homes across the country continue to quit in droves as a result of low wages and poor working conditions during the pandemic. Poor working conditions and lack of COVID-19 protections in long term care f Read More >

• Key Senator Still Pushing for Legislation to Lower Drug Prices

  January 28, 2022: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (OR) told Bloomberg News this week that a new version of the Build Back Better Act could be reintroduced with a focus on lowering prescription drug costs, expanding access to health care Read More >

• Alliance Takes More Action to Protect Voting Rights

  January 28, 2022: The Alliance called on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) on Thursday to stop permitting state elections offices to require that people provide their full Social Security numbers when submitting a voter registration for Read More >

• Retiree Organization Tells Election Assistance Commission to Follow the Law

  January 27, 2022: Requiring Voters to Provide Full Social Security Numbers to Register to Vote Violates the National Voter Registration Act and the Voting Rights Act Washington – The Alliance for Retired Americans today called on the U.S. Electi Read More >

• Retiree Group Endorses Rachel Garcia Cavazos for Bexar County Clerk

  January 26, 2022: Cites Her Executive Leadership Skills, Integrity San Antonio - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Rachel Garcia Cavazos for Bexar County Clerk today. The Texas Alliance for Retire Read More >

• KHN: Why Medicare Doesn’t Pay for Rapid At-Home Covid Tests

  January 25, 2022: What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of covid-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will have an especially tough time getting free at-home covid tests under the Biden administration’s plan? Read More >

• Free COVID-19 Test Kits are Now Available from the U.S. Postal Service

  January 25, 2022: Covidtests.gov, a new website from the federal government, launched on Wednesday to provide free COVID-19 test kits to every American household. Each household is eligible to order up to four tests, completely free of charge, a Read More >

• Supreme Court Decision Upholds Vaccine Rule for Most Nursing Home, Health Care Workers

  January 24, 2022: In a 6-3 decision last week, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a U.S. Department of Labor emergency rule that would have required all businesses with 100 or more employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or be tested weekly. At the Read More >