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• KHN – Analysis: Why Americans Shouldn’t Feel Grateful For $137 Insulin

  March 27, 2019: By Elisabeth Rosenthal This month, Eli Lilly and Co. announced with some fanfare that it was manufacturing a generic version of its own best-selling insulin brand, Humalog, which it would sell for half off — $137.35 versus about $275. David Rick...Read more >

• Elizabeth Marafino’s Testimony for “Protecting and Improving Social Security: Benefit Enhancements” Hearing

  March 14, 2019: Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans President Elizabeth Marafino recently testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee's Subcommittee on Social Security regarding its hearing “Protecting and Improving Social ...Read more >

• KHN – Americans Ready To Crack Down On Drug Prices That Force Some To Skip Doses

  March 01, 2019: By Jay Hancock Large majorities of Americans from both major parties support steps to control prescription drug costs such as showing prices in ads, removing barriers to generics and letting patients get less expensive drugs from Canada, a new po...Read more >

• Statement on Improving Retirement Security for America’s Workers

  February 22, 2019: The Alliance for Retired Americans recently submitted comments to the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee regarding its hearing "Improving Retirement Security for America's Workers" on February 6, 2019. The comments were as follo...Read more >

• Drug Companies Kick off the New Year with Price Hikes

  January 03, 2019: Drugmakers started off 2019 with price increases in the United States on more than 250 prescription drugs, including the world's top-selling medicine, Humira. According to a Goldman Sachs analysis, prices were raised on about 27% of the top 500 brand...Read more >

• New Prescription Drug Proposal Uncertain to Bring Down Prices at Pharmacy

  October 26, 2018: In a press conference with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar Thursday, the President blamed international “free loading” for high prescription prices and announced a new plan to change the way Medicare pays for certain drugs. The prop...Read more >

• Word is Out: Cuts to Seniors’ Earned Benefits are on the Ballot this November

  October 17, 2018: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s comments about cutting so-called “entitlements”: “There is no doubt that Soc...Read more >

• 52% of Older Workers Forced into Involuntary Retirement

  October 12, 2018: by Teresa Ghilarducci, Retirement Equity Lab Teresa Ghilarducci is an economist and retirement expert at the Retirement Equity Lab, an affiliate of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis. September 2018 Unemployment Report for Work...Read more >

• Administration Nominates a Social Security Privatizer as a Trustee

  August 17, 2018: The administration announced the nomination of James Lockhart to be one of the two public trustees for the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds. If confirmed by the Senate, he would serve for four years. Lockhart served as the Deputy Commissio...Read more >

• Déjà Voodoo: Pharma’s Promises To Curb Drug Prices Have Been Heard Before

  July 25, 2018: By Jay Hancock and Sarah Jane Tribble, Kaiser Health News Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.  Prescription drug prices were soaring. Angry policymak...Read more >