Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another or with Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., setting the stage for intern... Read more
The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Senate’s 73-27 vote to reach cloture on H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act: “Retirees are excited that the Senate reached cloture today on l... Read more
Retirees Have Serious Concerns about the Selection of Frank Bisignano to Lead SSA The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Donald Trump's nomination of finance CEO Frank Bisignano to lead the Soc... Read more
Covid’s rampage through the country’s nursing homes killed more than 172,000 residents and spurred the biggest industry reform in decades: a mandate that homes employ a minimum number of nurses. But with President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the indus... Read more
The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) and Elon Musk’s attack on the Social Security benefits Americans have earned over a lifetime of work. “Senator Mike Lee has d... Read more
The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding House passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82: “Tonight the U.S. House of Representatives voted to correct a serious injustice involving Soc... Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s election victory and looming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nation’s public health insurance programs — increasing the uninsured rate, while imposing new barriers to abortion and other reproductive... Read more
The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding House Freedom Caucus members’ attempts to try to kill the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82: “Yesterday while Americans were focused on Election Da... Read more
The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding today’s Washington Post article about the effects of Donald Trump's proposals on Social Security’s budget. “Today a conservative think tank released ... Read more
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