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• Kasich and Jeb Bush Mean Trouble for Seniors

  February 11, 2016: John Kasich and Jeb Bush mean trouble for seniors and retirees. The New Hampshire primary results are in, and the top four for the Republicans were businessman Donald Trump, Gov. John Kasich (Ohio), Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), and former Read More >

• White House’s 2017 Budget Proposal Would Provide Seniors with Drug Savings

  February 10, 2016: The White House's 2017 budget proposal would provide seniors more affordable prescription drugs and expand Medicaid. The $4.1 trillion budget, released February 9, also provided new troubling information about the Trans Pacific Read More >

• Stop the TPP before it Harms American Seniors

  February 08, 2016: We need to stop the TPP trade deal in its tracks. Corporations want the Trans-Pacific Partnership to slip through Congress under the radar. But this dangerous agreement has brought together people from all walks of life to make su Read More >

• Warning to New Hampshire Republican Primary Voters: Iowa’s Top 3 Come with Baggage

  February 02, 2016: by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director, Alliance for Retired Americans The Iowa caucus results on the Republican side are in, and the three presidential contenders with the most delegates are Sen. Ted Cruz, with 27.6% of th Read More >

• Silver Tsunami to Bring 25 Million More Medicare Beneficiaries by 2036

  January 27, 2016: [caption id="attachment_3359" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator[/caption] The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Medicare enrollment will grow by more than 30 percent o Read More >

• Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Speech

  January 13, 2016:   President's Last State of the Union Speech has Strong Implications for Social Security, Medicare and Pensions Retirees Remain Apprehensive about Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Robert Roach, Jr., President of Read More >

• Expand Social Security, Says New York Times

  January 04, 2016: The New York Times editorial board wrote recently that we need to expand Social Security. It was a wonderful way to start the new year – and a fitting position, given that Social Security recipients will not receive a cost-of-li Read More >

• Postal Banking: an idea whose time has come again

  December 21, 2015: spacing Last week representatives of several grass roots organizations and Washington DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton hand delivered more than 150,000 petition signatures supporting Postal Banking to the U.S. Postal ser Read More >

• Drug Price Spikes Are Hurting Consumers and Medical Providers, Senators Told

  December 09, 2015: The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on off-patent drug price spikes on December 9, 2015. Americans spent $374 billion on prescription drugs last year. Witnesses provided insight into the causes of these drug price Read More >

• Pfizer- Allergan Deal Moves Pfizer HQ to Dublin

  November 27, 2015: Drug company Pfizer announced on Monday that it would buy rival Allergan in a deal worth $160 billion, creating the world's largest drug maker. The takeover will see Pfizer move its corporate headquarters to Dublin, Ireland - slas Read More >