Congress should crack down on Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that sometimes deny patients vital medical care while overcharging the government billions of dollars every year, government watchdogs told a House panel Tuesday. Witnesses sharply criticized the fast-gr... Read more
You’re invited to join us on July 27-28, 2022 for the Alliance for Retired Americans quadrennial National Membership Meeting from 1 to 5 PM Eastern Time each day. The National Meeting will be conducted virtually via the Zoom platform and it is free to attend. During the m... Read more
The Alliance wishes all of our members a Happy Pride Month! More than three million lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender adults over the age of 50 live in the United States. The National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging has resources available for LGBTQ+ adults, their fami... Read more
Medicare beneficiaries will get a premium reduction — but not until next year — reflecting what U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra said was an overestimate of the cost of covering the expensive and controversial new Alzheimer’s drug ... Read more
The Trustees reports on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds were released on Thursday, showing once again that Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund is strong and solvent, with enough money to cover full benefits and expenses until 2034 â€... Read more
On Wednesday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) unveiled several updates to the Medicare.gov website, designed to make it easier to navigate and access information to compare health and drug coverage and find providers. The updated website features timely m... Read more
The CEOs of America’s seven largest publicly traded health insurance and services companies together earned more than $283 million in 2021 — the most of any year in the past decade by far. Soaring stock prices made up the bulk of the executives’ fortunes, according to a ... Read more
Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance, expressed his condolences this week to the victims and families of the tragic mass shooting last Saturday in Buffalo, New York at a Tops Friendly Markets grocery store. Ten people were killed, and three others were injured; 11 of the ... Read more
The Alliance has received reports of someone using the Alliance logo maliciously in order to obtain people's personal data and banking information. The scammer claims to be helping the recipient get lottery and/or Publishers Clearing House winnings they are supposedly owed but ac... Read more
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