KFF Health News: Older Women Are Different Than Older Men. Their Health Is Woefully Understudied.
Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving physicians without critically important information about how to best manage their health.
Late last year, the Biden administration promised to address this problem with a ne... Read more
Retiree Group Endorses Colin Allred for Election to U.S. Senate
Cites His Commitment to Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits
Dallas - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Congressman Colin Allred for election to the U.S. Senate from Texas today. The Texas Alliance for Reti... Read more
Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One.
HOUSTON — Patients admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital get a monitoring device about the size of a half-dollar affixed to their chest — and an unwitting role in the expanding use of artificial intelligence in health care.
The slender, battery-powered gadget, called a Bi... Read more
Retiree Group Endorses Ruben Gallego for the U.S. Senate
Cites His Commitment to Expanding and Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits
Phoenix - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Ruben Gallego for election to the U.S. Senate from Arizona today citing his work to st... Read more
KFF Health News: Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm
Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises.
Even when physicians determine these patients need to be admitted to the hospital... Read more
Report Shows Social Security Expansion Remains Affordable
Democrats Have Plans to Further Strengthen Medicare and Social Security
The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trustees reports on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds released toda... Read more
KFF Health News: Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes
Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a not-for-profit organization, the Evangelical Luthe... Read more
Trump Talks Social Security and Medicare Cuts; Older Americans Must Reelect Biden to Protect the Benefits They Earned
During an appearance on CNBC’s Squawkbox program this morning, Donald Trump told host Joe Kernen that there “is a lot you can do to cut” Social Security and Medicare.
Below is a response from Richard Fiesta, executive director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, a gra... Read more
New Retiree Voting Record Released
Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans released its 2023 Congressional Voting Record, which scored each U.S. Senator and Representative on critical retirement security issues, today.
“Almost every member of Congress claims to care about seniors,” said Robert... Read more
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