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• Insulin Prices Cut for More Patients as Eli Lilly Caves to Pressure

  March 07, 2023: Drug corporation Eli Lilly announced Wednesday that it will cap out-of-pocket patient costs for its two most popular insulin drugs, Humalog and Humulin, at $35 a month. Patients with private insurance and who use participating pharmacies will pay the...Read more >

• Kaiser Health News: Biden Promises to Fight GOP on ‘Gutting’ Medicaid. Budget Talks Seem Like Another Story.

  March 02, 2023: Most lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats alike — have declared the marquee safety-net programs of Medicare and Social Security off-limits for cuts as a divided Washington heads for a showdown over the national debt and government spending. Heal...Read more >

• Caregiving Crisis Looms as Number of Older Americans Soars

  February 27, 2023: Experts examining numbers from the U.S. Census predict that long term care issues will become more serious as Americans live longer, given a national shortage of workers who provide caregiving services. At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, in e...Read more >

• Battle Over ‘Orphan Drugs’ Leads to Higher Drug Prices

  February 27, 2023: An “orphan drug” is a designation that rewards drug corporations for developing treatments for rare diseases. When a drugmaker wins approval for an orphan drug, the company is entitled to seven years of exclusive rights to the marketplace, which ...Read more >

• Steps to Hold Medicare Advantage Accountable are Not Cuts, Experts Say

  February 27, 2023: Two announcements by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) related to Medicare Advantage — an alternative to original Medicare, primarily run by major insurance companies — have brought additional discussion about Medicare cuts. ...Read more >

• 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, going on television to ...Read more >

• One in Four American Older Adults Needed Long Term Care for Themselves or a Loved One Last Year

  February 21, 2023: Twenty-four percent of U.S. adults ages 50 and older say they, or a loved one, needed long-term care in the past year, according to a recent Nexus Insights survey. According to the survey, most older adults said the process of selecting long-term ...Read more >

• Senators Sanders and Warren, Reps. Schakowsky and Hoyle Introduce Legislation to Expand Social Security

  February 21, 2023: As Republicans threaten cuts to Social Security and other essential federal programs, Sens. Bernie Sanders (VT) and Elizabeth Warren (MA), along with Reps. Jan Schakowsky (IL) and Val Hoyle (OR), introduced legislation Monday that would expand Social...Read more >

• 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 majority would incre...Read more >

• Nobel Laureate Economist Paul Krugman Details Decades of GOP Plans to Cut Social Security and Medicare

  February 21, 2023: Despite some Republicans’ claims to the contrary, columnist and economist Paul Krugman reminded readers this week that many in the GOP do want to eviscerate Social Security and Medicare, writing that "to believe otherwise requires both willful naï...Read more >