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• Labor Day: Treasury Department Study Demonstrates Union Benefits for Workers and Labor Unions Approval Rating Reaches Record Levels

  September 01, 2023: The Treasury Department has released a new report demonstrating that unions are vital for worker security and fighting income inequality. The report shows that union workers earn 20% more on average than non-union workers. In addition to boosting ...Read more >

• GOP Presidential Candidates Continue to Attack Earned Benefits

  September 01, 2023: Several 2024 Republican presidential candidates are publicly embracing policies that would cut or end earned Social Security and Medicare benefits. In 2020, former President Donald Trump told Fox News “we’ll be cutting” Social Security and said...Read more >

• Biden Administration Releases New Minimum Staffing Standards for Nursing Homes

  September 01, 2023: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new rule to increase the number of staff providing care to nursing home residents. Nearly 1.2 million Americans receive care in faci...Read more >

• White House Announces First 10 Drugs Up for Medicare Price Negotiation

  September 01, 2023: On Tuesday, the Biden-Harris administration unveiled a list of the 10 prescription drugs that Medicare will negotiate lower prices for with drug corporations. The list has several drugs that many seniors use, including Eliquis and Xarelto, which a...Read more >

• Arizona Alliance Holds Its Convention

  August 25, 2023: Rep. Ruben Gallego, Rep. Greg Stanton and Fred Yamashita, Executive Director of the Arizona AFL-CIO, spoke at the Arizona Alliance’s convention last Friday in Phoenix, and Sen. Mark Kelly sent a video greeting. Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of...Read more >

• It is Possible to Control Negative Thoughts about Aging

  August 25, 2023: Age bias doesn’t show up only as discrimination or snarky birthday cards, according to The Washington Post. One potent source of ageism comes from older people themselves. Internalized ageism is the negative voice in people’s heads that someti...Read more >

• White House to Name First 10 Drugs for Medicare Negotiations Next Week

  August 25, 2023: The Biden-Harris administration plans to unveil the first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations Tuesday, in a milestone in the president’s plan to lower the price of prescription drugs. Democrats in the House and Senate passed legisl...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Few Firm Beliefs and Low Trust — Americans Not Sure What’s True in Age of Health Misinformation

  August 24, 2023: Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin is an effective treatment for covid. What’s more, few place significant trust in any form of news media or official institution to accurately convey information about health topics, from covid treat...Read more >

• KFF Health News: New Alzheimer’s Drug Raises Hopes — Along With Questions

  August 17, 2023: The FDA has approved Leqembi, the first disease-modifying treatment for early-stage Alzheimer’s and a precursor condition, mild cognitive impairment. Medicare has said it will pay for the therapy. Medical centers across the country are scrambling t...Read more >

• KFF Health News: As Many American Cities Get Hotter, Health Systems Face Off Against Heatstroke

  August 10, 2023: As the hour crept past three in the afternoon, New Orleans’ French Quarter was devoid of tourists and locals alike. The heat index was over 105 degrees. New Orleans Emergency Medical Services has been busy this summer, responding to heat-related...Read more >