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• Alliance Activists Make the Case for the Build Back Better Act

  November 15, 2021: Alliance chapters across the country have been working hard to solidify support for the Build Back Better Act. In Connecticut on Wednesday, Mary Elia, Corresponding Secretary for the Connecticut Alliance, joined the U.S. Senators from Connecticut, Ri...Read more >

• Build Back Better Act Clears Procedural Vote in House, Awaits Next Steps

  November 15, 2021: Following the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill on Friday, November 5, Democrats in Congress passed a key procedural vote to set up eventual passage of the Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376, as they worked toward securing commitments from ...Read more >

• KHN: Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn’t Include Options to Move Into Medigap

  November 10, 2021: Medicare’s annual open-enrollment season is here and millions of beneficiaries — prompted by a massive advertising campaign and aided by a detailed federal website — will choose a private Medicare Advantage plan. But those who have inste...Read more >

• Despite Restraints, Democrats’ Drug Pricing Plan Could Still Aid Consumers

  November 05, 2021: The Medicare prescription drug pricing plan Democrats unveiled this week is not nearly as ambitious as many lawmakers sought, but they and drug policy experts say the provisions crack open the door to reforms that could have dramatic effects. Tamp...Read more >

• Democrats Plan to Expand Medicare Hearing Benefits. What Can Consumers Expect?

  November 05, 2021: President Joe Biden’s mammoth domestic spending bill would add hearing benefits to the traditional Medicare program — one of three major new benefits Democrats had sought. The Biden administration appears to have fallen short of its ambition t...Read more >

• KHN: Nursing Home Residents Overlooked in Scramble for Covid Antibody Treatments

  November 04, 2021: Of the dozens of patients Dr. Jim Yates has treated for covid-19 at his long-term care center in rural Alabama, this one made him especially nervous. The 60-year-old man, who had been fully vaccinated, was diagnosed with a breakthrough infecti...Read more >

• Arizona Alliance Holds Halloween Rally Outside Senator Sinema’s Office

  November 01, 2021: Dressed in scary Halloween costumes, members of the Arizona Alliance held a rally outside Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s (AZ) Phoenix office on Friday. The event was held to decry the Senator’s decision to break her promise to support Medicare drug pr...Read more >

• Representative Larson Introduces Social Security Expansion Bill With 194 Co-Sponsors

  November 01, 2021: Representative John Larson (CT) held a press conference on Tuesday as he introduced the Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust Act (H.R. 5723). Alliance President Robert Roach, Jr., attended the event with dozens of lawmakers who spoke in favor of the ...Read more >

• President Biden Unveils Framework for Build Back Better Bill

  November 01, 2021: On Thursday, President Biden travelled to the Capitol to present a new outline of a framework of a broad legislative package that will provide support to millions of American families. Congress and the White House have spent weeks hammering out a dea...Read more >

• KHN: ‘They Treat Me Like I’m Old and Stupid’: Seniors Decry Health Providers’ Age Bias

  October 20, 2021: Joanne Whitney, 84, a retired associate clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of California-San Francisco, often feels devalued when interacting with health care providers. There was the time several years ago when...Read more >