Most people who get their health coverage through the Affordable Care Act say they face sharply higher costs, with many worried they will have to pare back other expenses to cover them, according to a poll released Thursday. Some are uncertain whether they will be able to continu... Read more
Judging by more than 16,400 comments recently posted on a federal government website, you’d think there was a groundswell of older Americans demanding that federal officials hike payments to their Medicare Advantage health insurance plans. Yet about 82% of the comments are i... Read more
Whistleblower alleges that a DOGE engineer removed Americans’ sensitive data on a thumb drive Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans responding to a 3/10/26 Washington Post report regarding alleged illegal theft of personal data ... Read more
244 Senators and House Members Earned 0% Pro-Retiree Scores The Alliance for Retired Americans today released its 2025 Congressional Voting Record, which scores each U.S. Senator and Representative on important retirement security issues. “Most members of Congress pay lip... Read more
Samantha Smith of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went into the operating room for emergency removal of an ectopic pregnancy. “I’m grateful I didn’t die,” she said, but she was shocked to see that the outpatient surgery was billed to her insurer for about $100,000. Jamie Est... Read more
Pennsylvania Alliance President Mike Crossey joined state lawmakers and other witnesses in Harrisburg on Wednesday to testify about online scams targeting seniors. In his testimony, he discussed how scams allowed to proliferate on social media networks are harming older Americ... Read more
Lawmakers in at least eight states this year are aiming to reel in wage garnishment for unpaid medical bills. The legislation introduced in Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, and Washington builds on efforts made in other states in past years. This late... Read more
It’s the rare policy question that unites Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Democratic-led Maryland government against President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom of California: How should health insurers use AI? Regulating artificial intelligence, especially ... Read more
A new bill to combat fraudulent ads on social media platforms was introduced in the United States Senate soon after the Alliance’s “Stop the Scam” webinar last month. Sen. Ruben Gallego (AZ) and Sen. Bernie Moreno (OH) introduced the Safeguarding Consumers from Advertisi... Read more
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