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• KHN – Analysis: Mitch McConnell Plans To Hide Trumpcare’s Pain Until After Midterms

  June 28, 2017: By Michael McAuliff Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is well aware of the political peril of taking health bene...Read more >

• Sign the Petition to Save Our Health Care

  June 08, 2017: We need your help again to protect our health care. Right now, behind closed doors in Washington, a dozen Republican Senators are meeting to decide what will happen with our health care. They have held no public hearings to allow the public to see wh...Read more >

• Nursing Home Residents’ Rights Would be Weakened by Trump Administration Action

  June 06, 2017: A new policy proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would take away the rights of residents when it comes to settling nursing home disputes between residents and their families and the nursing home companies. Under the Obama...Read more >

• 2016 Voting Record

  June 02, 2017: The Alliance for Retired Americans' 2016 voting record report scored every U.S. Representative and Senator on issues affecting current and future retirees. The report examined 10 key Senate and House votes in 2016, showing the roll calls on issue...Read more >

• Older Americans’ Trumpcare Fears Confirmed by the CBO

  May 24, 2017: AHCA’s Raid of Medicare, Drastic cuts to Medicaid “Dangerous and Unfair” The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) rel...Read more >

• KHN – A Squeaker In The House Becomes Headache For The Senate: 5 Things To Watch

  May 05, 2017: By Julie Rovner, May 4, 2017 Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. After weeks of will-they-or-won’t-they tensions, the House managed to pass its GOP rep...Read more >

• House Health Care Vote is Appalling for Retirees, Older Americans

  May 04, 2017: Raid of Medicare, cuts to Medicaid among the most problematic parts of the AHCA The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to the House vote today to repeal and repla...Read more >

• Retirees Applaud Budget Deal

  May 01, 2017: Funding for Coal Miners’ Health Care, NIH is just what the Doctor Ordered The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to media reports that Congressional leaders hav...Read more >

• President Trump’s “Skinny” Budget & Its Impact on Seniors

  May 01, 2017: On March 16, 2017, President Trump sent Congress an outline of his budget for Fiscal Year 2018. The framework, nicknamed the “skinny” budget, dramatically reduces funding for domestic programs, including numerous senior services. While his pre...Read more >

• Growing Gap in Life Expectancy Will Affect Your Earned Retirement Benefits

  April 18, 2017: The growing gap in life expectancy will affect your retirement benefits under the Social Security and Medicare programs and the policies meant to protect them. A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that older Americans ...Read more >