Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheet: Medicaid Facts

  March 20, 2023: Medicaid is a social safety net program that provides health coverage for pregnant women, children, the disabled and seniors with low-incomes. Download the fact sheet....Read more >

• Position Paper: PRO Act

  March 01, 2023: The labor movement has been, and continues to be, the leading force in the fight to strengthen Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, ensuring a measure of retirement security for all Americans. Our country, our democracy and our people benefit when...Read more >

• Position Paper: Increasing the Debt Ceiling Fact Sheet

  February 07, 2023: The debt ceiling is a legal restriction on how much money the federal government can borrow to pay its bills. Congress instituted the debt ceiling in 1917 as a way to rein in federal agencies that were ignoring Congress and setting their own budgets,...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: The Inflation Reduction Act and Prescription Drug Prices

  February 06, 2023: One in four people over the age of 65 report not taking at least one prescription drug as prescribed due to its cost. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical corporations are making record profits, lining the pockets of their executives and shareholders while pati...Read more >

• Position Paper: Expanding Social Security

  February 04, 2023: 65 million Americans – one out of every five households – relies on Social Security’s lifetime, guaranteed benefits. To continue to provide retirement security for current and future generations, it is time to strengthen and expand Social Se...Read more >

• Position Paper: Social Security Fairness Act

  February 03, 2023: The Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) were enacted in 1977 and 1983 respectively as amendments to the basic Social Security law. These provisions reduce Social Security benefits for public sector retirees who re...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Social Security and Medicare: Current Facts and Figures 2023

  January 25, 2023: Nearly 182 million workers contribute to Social Security and Medicare through payroll taxes. Details like benefit amounts and premiums change each year. Our fact sheet has the latest figures for 2023. Download the fact sheet here....Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Multi-employer Pensions Handout

  July 01, 2019: More than one million Americans depend on multiemployer pension plans for their retirement. In July 2019, more than 100 multiemployer pension plans were likely to fail within the next 20 years, jeopardizing the retirement income of the workers and re...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Private Sector Pensions Fact Sheet

  May 10, 2018: The Alliance often works with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), an independent government agency, to protect workers’ and retirees’ private sector defined benefit pension plans and ensure that they remain a key part of Americans’...Read more >