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• As Medicare and Medicaid Turn 60, Retirees Fight Against Attempts to Cut Them

  August 07, 2025: This Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, and Alliance members mobilized to protect the health care programs from the biggest threats they have faced since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed them into law in 1965. 72 mil...Read more >

• Bessent Reveals Trump Accounts are a “Backdoor” to Privatizing Social Security

  August 07, 2025: On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that “Trump Accounts” created by the Republican budget bill are a “backdoor for privatizing Social Security,” claiming they could eventually supplement or even replace the earned benefits. H...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Congress Looks To Ease Restrictions on Veterans’ Use of Non-VA Clinics and Hospitals

  August 06, 2025: WATERLOO, Iowa — John-Paul Sager appreciates the care he has received at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics, but he thinks it should be easier for veterans like him to use their benefits elsewhere. Sager, a Marine Corps and Arm...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Chronically Ill? In Kennedy’s View, It Might Be Your Own Fault

  August 01, 2025: On a recent weekday evening, Ashly Richards helped her 13-year-old son, Case, with homework. He did math problems and some reading, underscoring how much he’s accomplished at his school for children with autism. Richards has heard Trump administ...Read more >

• FRAUD ALERT: Phone Scammers Targeting Medicare Beneficiaries

  July 28, 2025: Law enforcement officials and the Federal Trade Commission are warning about a new Medicare fraud scheme targeting seniors. Scammers are exploiting recent changes to Social Security and Medicare—introduced by Elon Musk’s Department of Governm...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Trump Voters Wanted Relief From Medical Bills. For Millions, the Bills Are About To Get Bigger.

  July 24, 2025: President Donald Trump rode to reelection last fall on voter concerns about prices. But as his administration pares back federal rules and programs designed to protect patients from the high cost of health care, Trump risks pushing more Americans int...Read more >

• South Carolina Alliance Hosts Its Biennial Convention

  July 18, 2025: The South Carolina Alliance hosted its biennial convention on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, in conjunction with the South Carolina AFL-CIO Convention. AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond and Alliance Field Manager Tommy McLaughlin spoke du...Read more >

• Social Security Administration Struggles to Provide Customer Service Amid Fallout from DOGE Cuts

  July 18, 2025: Months after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) fired thousands of experienced, hardworking Social Security Administration (SSA) workers, the agency is having trouble keeping up with calls to its 1-800 number, according to a rep...Read more >

• Study Debunks Pharmaceutical Industry’s Claims That Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Would Harm R&D

  July 18, 2025: A new study by Bentley University debunks the pharmaceutical industry’s claims that the Medicare drug price negotiation law would harm innovation and research. Drug research and development (R&D) spending actually increased after it passed desp...Read more >

• As the Older Americans Act Turns 60, Future of Programs Seniors Rely On Are Under Siege

  July 18, 2025: Last week marked the 60th anniversary of the Older Americans Act (OAA). On July 14, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law. Now, at a time when 10,000 Americans turn 65 each day, the Administration has proposed a budget that significant...Read more >