A new study finds that when physicians prescribe healthy fruits and vegetables, in addition to, or instead of drugs, patients’ health improves. The study examined the effects of a six month prescription produce program on a group of individuals at increased risk for cardiova... Read more
The Treasury Department has released a new report demonstrating that unions are vital for worker security and fighting income inequality. The report shows that union workers earn 20% more on average than non-union workers. In addition to boosting wages, unions make workplaces ... Read more
Several 2024 Republican presidential candidates are publicly embracing policies that would cut or end earned Social Security and Medicare benefits. In 2020, former President Donald Trump told Fox News “we’ll be cutting” Social Security and said he was open to looking at ent... Read more
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new rule to increase the number of staff providing care to nursing home residents. Nearly 1.2 million Americans receive care in facilities covered by the proposal... Read more
On Tuesday, the Biden-Harris administration unveiled a list of the 10 prescription drugs that Medicare will negotiate lower prices for with drug corporations. The list has several drugs that many seniors use, including Eliquis and Xarelto, which are used to treat blood clots, ... Read more
Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ release of the first ten drugs that will be subject to price negotiation. “It’s a landmark day for older Americans. For the first time... Read more
Rep. Ruben Gallego, Rep. Greg Stanton and Fred Yamashita, Executive Director of the Arizona AFL-CIO, spoke at the Arizona Alliance’s convention last Friday in Phoenix, and Sen. Mark Kelly sent a video greeting. Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance, discussed retir... Read more
Age bias doesn’t show up only as discrimination or snarky birthday cards, according to The Washington Post. One potent source of ageism comes from older people themselves. Internalized ageism is the negative voice in people’s heads that sometimes pushes them to tell themse... Read more
The Biden-Harris administration plans to unveil the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations Tuesday, in a milestone in the president’s plan to lower the price of prescription drugs. Democrats in the House and Senate passed legislation requiring Medicare to ne... Read more
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