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Trump Administration Abandons Older Americans with HHS Cuts

Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s sweeping staff cuts and reorganization at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): “Donald Tr... Read more

Retirees Shouldn’t Count on Frank Bisignano to Stop Musk’s Destruction of the Social Security Administration

Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement regarding Frank Bisignano’s confirmation hearing today before the Senate Finance Committee. “Retirees who tuned into Frank Bisignano’s confirmati... Read more

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Acting Social Security Commissioner Threatens to Hold 73 Million Americans’ Benefits Hostage

Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement regarding Acting Social Security Commissioner Lee Dudek’s threats to shut down the Social Security Administration (SSA) in response to Judge Hollander�... Read more

TRO Issued in Retiree, Union Lawsuit to Block DOGE’s Access to Social Security Data

Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement re. the U.S. District Court of the District of Maryland issuing a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in American Federation of State, County Municipal Empl... Read more

DOGE Continues Dismantling SSA by Ending Telephone Services for Claims

Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement regarding the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) abrupt termination of telephone services for benefit claims: “President Trump, Elon Musk, and ... Read more

KFF Health News: Under Trump, Social Security Resumes What It Once Called ‘Clawback Cruelty’

A year ago, a new head of Social Security set out to stop the agency from financially devastating many of the people it was meant to help. The agency had long made it a practice to reduce or halt benefit checks to recoup billions of dollars in payments it sent recipients but l... Read more

Retirees Outraged at Possible End to Social Security Telephone Services

Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement in response to a Washington Post report that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is considering “ending telephone services” for claims processing... Read more

Unions, Retirees Seek Emergency Relief to Block DOGE’s Unlawful Social Security Data Overreach

AFSCME, Alliance for Retired Americans, AFT Challenge DOGE’s Illegal Access to Confidential, Private Data of Hundreds of Millions of Americans Baltimore, MD — Yesterday, a coalition of unions and retirees filed a motion for emergency relief to halt Elon Musk’s so-called ... Read more