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• 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 >

• Richest Americans Live Ten Years Longer than the Poorest

  April 10, 2017: The richest Americans live ten years longer than the poorest, according to the latest data, and the health gap between them is widening. This in turn increases the differences in longevity between the two groups. In a study published in The La...Read more >

• Trump Cutting Domestic Programs for Seniors to Build the Wall

  March 29, 2017: The spending agreement that sets federal spending levels will expire at the end of April and President Trump is looking to this as an opportunity to begin cutting domestic programs, increase military spending and begin construction on the Southern Bo...Read more >

• How are seniors affected by Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump’s American Health Care Act?

  March 24, 2017: Raids Medicare Reduces the solvency of the Medicare trust fund by 4 years by repealing the .09% payroll tax for high earners (individuals earning $200,000 and couples earning $250,000). Guts Medicaid Cuts $880 billion from Medicaid b...Read more >