Medicare

• Alliance Members Continue to Commemorate Medicare, Social Security Anniversaries

  August 09, 2021: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) both participated in a Celebration of Progress, recognizing the anniversaries of the enactment of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the Americans with Disabilities Act l...Read more >

• Alliance Poll: Seniors Would Cross Party Lines to Vote for Candidates Who Support Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

  August 09, 2021: More than 70 percent of voters over age 65 say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who favors allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug corporations to lower prescription drug prices, including strong majorities across party lines, accor...Read more >

• Retirees Welcome Senate Budget Resolution

  August 09, 2021: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans regarding the Budget Resolution released today: “The Senate budget resolution released this morning is welcome news. It will make a positive and tangible diffe...Read more >

• Poll: Seniors Would Cross Party Lines to Vote for Candidates Who Support Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

  August 03, 2021: More than 70 percent of voters over age 65 say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who favors allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug corporations to lower prescription drug prices, including strong majorities across party lines, accor...Read more >

• 56th Anniversary of Medicare Brings Fight to Lower Drug Prices into High Gear

  July 26, 2021: Americans continue to pay the highest prices in the industrialized world for prescription drugs, and as Medicare’s 56th anniversary approaches on July 30, the pharmaceutical industry is spending millions to protect their sky-high profits. More t...Read more >

• Senate Democrats Announce Package to Expand Medicare to Include Dental, Hearing and Vision Benefits

  July 19, 2021: On Tuesday night, top Senate Democrats came to terms on a blueprint for a massive $3.5 trillion budget resolution to pair with a proposed $600 billion bipartisan physical infrastructure plan. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY) confirmed tha...Read more >

• Congressional Democrats Eye Multiple Paths to Medicare Improvement

  July 12, 2021: Congressional Democrats are seeking to include vision, dental and hearing coverage in Medicare in new legislation rolled out this week. The bill, announced by Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX), would initially add preventive dental, hearing and vision care to ...Read more >

• Report Shows Top 14 Drug Corporations Could Easily Afford Medicare Price Negotiation

  July 12, 2021: On Thursday, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a press conference with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) to release a new report analyzing the finances of 14 of the world’s largest drug corporati...Read more >

• Schumer Backs Plan to Expand Medicare, Add Dental, Vision, and Hearing Coverage

  June 28, 2021: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (NY) said he backs a proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) to include dental, vision, and hearing coverage in Medicare on Sunday. Schumer made the argument for expanding Medicare coverage during a press conferenc...Read more >

• Government Panel: Higher Drug Prices, not More Prescriptions, Are Driving Higher Medicare Spending

  June 21, 2021: Medicare’s spending on prescription drugs increased by 26% between 2013 and 2018 -- and high drug prices are to blame -- according to a new report from the Medicare Advisory Payment Commission (MedPAC). The expert report rebuts the pharmaceutica...Read more >