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• Senate Republicans Release Long-Awaited Budget Bill Details in Lead Up to July 4 Deadline

  June 20, 2025: The Senate Finance Committee released legislative text that will act as the foundation for the Senate Republican budget bill this week. The text incorporates many provisions from the House version, like repealing the minimum nursing home staffing rul...Read more >

• Arizona Alliance Hosts Social Security Town Hall

  June 20, 2025: On Monday, the Arizona Alliance, Honest Arizona, and Protect Our Care hosted a special town hall event with Rep. Greg Stanton (AZ) and Former SSA Commissioner Martin O’Malley. O’Malley highlighted the importance of Social Security, detailin...Read more >

• New Report Shows How Medicaid Cuts Will Increase Cost of Healthcare for All Americans

  June 20, 2025: A new AFL-CIO report finds that Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, which includes major Medicaid cuts, will increase healthcare costs — for everyone. If the bill passes, 179 million workers with job-based insurance could see an in...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

  June 18, 2025: On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead of a traditional black bag to carry a laptop and ...Read more >

• KFF Health News: As Cannabis Users Age, Health Risks Appear To Grow

  June 12, 2025: Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist at the University of California-San Diego, tells his students a cautionary tale about a 76-year-old patient who, like many older people, struggled with insomnia. “She had problems fa...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Role Reversal – Millions of Kids Are Caregivers for Elders. Why Their Numbers Might Grow.

  June 02, 2025: ST. PAUL, Minn. — High school senior Joshua Yang understands sacrifice. When he was midway through 10th grade, his mom survived a terrible car crash. But her body developed tremors, and she lost mobility. After countless appointments, doctors diagn...Read more >

• The Alliance Celebrates Contributions of AAPI Workers This May

  May 30, 2025: This month, the Alliance joined the AFL-CIO in marking Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, honoring the AAPI workers who have championed labor rights throughout history. There are nearly 800,000 AAPI union ...Read more >

• Overhaul of the Federal Government Remains on Hold

  May 30, 2025: Last week, Northern District of California Judge Susan Illston issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to revamp the federal workforce, extending a previous two-week temporary restraining order bl...Read more >

• New Fact Sheet: Threats to Retirees in House Budget Package

  May 30, 2025: This week, the Alliance released a new fact sheet detailing how the Republican budget, recently passed in the House of Representatives, will be harmful for seniors. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) will slash $490 billion from Medicare and ...Read more >

• Social Security Phone Service Changes Will Create Unnecessary Burdens

  May 30, 2025: The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)’s Social Security phone service restrictions will make it harder for seniors to access customer service support, according to new data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Social Secur...Read more >