Social Security Expansion
How will recent Social Security expansion efforts benefit older Americans?
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Retiree Pam Parker Makes the Case for ACA Prescription Drug Protections
June 26, 2019: Retiree and Alliance member Pam Parker made the following remarks at a press conference held by Senators Stabenow, Shaheen, and Wyden on June 26, 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFMld2k_ITg "Good morning. Thank you, Senator Stabenow, Sena...Read more >
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Retirees Support Pelosi for Speaker
November 19, 2018: For Immediate Release Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on Nancy Pelosi’s bid to be the next Speaker of the House. “Retirees could not have a better champion or more tireless advocate tha...Read more >
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States Attacking ACA Would Suffer Most If Shield On Preexisting Conditions Were Axed
July 17, 2018: By Harriet Rowan, Kaiser Health News Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. If the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with preexisting medica...Read more >
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Brett Kavanaugh is a Threat to the Health Care of Older Americans and Must be Rejected
July 10, 2018: Statement of Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following President Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court: “When President Trump vowed in 2015 to only app...Read more >
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Press Release: 2017 Voting Record Shows Majority of Congress Failed to Support Retirees Last Year
May 17, 2018: 2017 Voting Record Report Details Which Senators and Members of Congress Voted to Protect Retirement Security Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans today released its 2017 voting record which scored every U.S. Representative and Se...Read more >
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Connecticut Seniors Describe what Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid would Mean for them
April 10, 2018: A new video from the Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans shows what the Affordable Care Act (ACA) means to Connecticut seniors when they are sick and at their most vulnerable. Background In early 2017, Republicans seemed ready to repe...Read more >
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White House’s FY19 Budget Spells Serious Trouble for Seniors and People with Disabilities
February 12, 2018: Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid not what Trump Promised During 2016 Election Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the release of President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget: “The 2019 budge...Read more >
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State of the Union Speech Presented an Alternate Reality, Not what Older Americans See
January 30, 2018: Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following President Trump’s State of the Union address: “There are several things that the President did not say tonight that are troubling for retirees. ...Read more >
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Stop Alex Azar’s Confirmation
January 18, 2018: The Senate Finance Committee approved President Trump's HHS secretary nominee, Alex Azar, paving the way for him to get full clearance from Senate. His ties with Big Pharma and his positions on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act make him a dangerou...Read more >
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Americans Keep their Health Care as Repeal Bill Fails in Senate
August 04, 2017: In a major victory for older Americans concerned about health care costs, the Senate failed to pass a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) last Friday. Republican Senators Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (AK), and John McCain (A...Read more >
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