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Take Action: Sign the Alliance’s Petition to Save Social Security
February 27, 2023: Even though the extremist Republicans stood during the State of the Union to supposedly show “support” for Social Security and Medicare, they are scheming to cut our earned benefits. They aren’t even keeping it a secret, goi Read More >
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Congressional Republican Agenda Would Increase the Debt by Over $3 Trillion
February 21, 2023: The White House released a new fact sheet this week showing that the House Republicans’ legislative agenda would increase the national debt by over $3 trillion over 10 years. The first bill passed by the new Republican House Read More >
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Democrats Debate Whether President Biden Should Negotiate with Speaker McCarthy on Debt Limit
January 30, 2023: House lawmakers and the White House continued to spar last week over whether to include Social Security and Medicare in negotiations over raising the debt limit. President Biden has steadfastly pledged not to cut the programs, ins Read More >
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Kaiser Health News: Numbers Don’t Lie. Biden Kept His Promise on Improving Obamacare.
January 18, 2023: Promise: “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” In a speech on Nov. 2, 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised, “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” Two years and Read More >
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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – And His Statements Concerning Health Care
January 13, 2023: Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, January 16, and many of Dr. King’s words remain as relevant today as they were during his lifetime. On March 25, 1966 in Chicago, at a press conference before his speech at the second con Read More >
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House Investigation into Alzheimer’s Drug Places Blame on FDA, Biogen
January 09, 2023: The Food and Drug Administration’s process for approving the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, despite great uncertainty about whether it worked, was “rife with irregularities,” according to a congressional investigation. The repo Read More >
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Far-right House Members Seek Commitment that New Speaker Will Use Debt Limit to Force Spending Cuts
January 09, 2023: Conservative rebels in the House are demanding that the next Speaker of the House commit to opposing a “clean” debt limit increase later in 2023. Their goal is to tie any vote to increase the nation’s debt ceiling to deep cu Read More >
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Kevin McCarthy Faces Debt-limit Dilemma in Bid for Speaker as House GOP Hardliners Ratchet Up Demands
December 12, 2022: House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy is facing pressure from House Republicans to detail how he will handle the issue of raising the debt limit before they will commit to supporting him for House Speaker. A growing number of Republi Read More >
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Kaiser Health News: Paxlovid Has Been Free So Far. Next Year, Sticker Shock Awaits.
December 09, 2022: Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with covid-19 from being hospitalized or dying, and it may even reduce the ris Read More >
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Should Older Seniors Risk Major Surgery? New Research Offers Guidance
December 01, 2022: Nearly 1 in 7 older adults die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to an important new study that sheds much-needed light on the risks seniors face when having invasive procedures. Especially vulnerable are old Read More >