Prescription Drugs

• Drug Corporations Plan Price Increases on Life-Saving Medications Despite Billions in Increased Profits

  January 30, 2023: Major pharmaceutical corporations are set to increase prices on over 350 unique medications this month, continuing a trend of drug industry profiteering, according to Accountable.US and Reuters. A previous Accountable.US report showed that many of th...Read more >

• HHS Announces Key Dates for Implementation of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

  January 17, 2023: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced key 2023 dates for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program which lowers drug costs for millions of Americans. For the first time in history, because of the Inflation Reductio...Read more >

• House Investigation into Alzheimer’s Drug Places Blame on FDA, Biogen

  January 09, 2023: The Food and Drug Administration’s process for approving the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, despite great uncertainty about whether it worked, was “rife with irregularities,” according to a congressional investigation. The report also criticized B...Read more >

• Kaiser Health News: States Challenge Biden to Lower Drug Prices by Allowing Imports From Canada

  December 21, 2022: The Biden administration is facing mounting pressure from states to let them import medicine from Canada to help lower prescription drug costs. Colorado on Dec. 5 became at least the fourth state to seek federal permission to use the strategy, fol...Read more >

• Kaiser Health News: Paxlovid Has Been Free So Far. Next Year, Sticker Shock Awaits.

  December 09, 2022: Nearly 6 million Americans have taken Paxlovid for free, courtesy of the federal government. The Pfizer pill has helped prevent many people infected with covid-19 from being hospitalized or dying, and it may even reduce the risk of developing lon...Read more >

• Seniors Laud President Biden’s Executive Order Further Lowering Drug Costs

  October 14, 2022: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Executive Order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to explore additional actions it can take to lower pre...Read more >

• Retiree Group Endorses Jahana Hayes for Re-election to U.S. House

  August 30, 2022: Cites Commitment to Expanding and Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits, Lowering Drug Prices Waterbury, CT - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Jahana Hayes for re-election to th...Read more >

• Retiree Group Endorses Richard Blumenthal for Re-election to U.S. Senate

  August 29, 2022: Cites His Commitment to Expanding and Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits West Hartford, CT - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Richard Blumenthal for re-election to the U.S. ...Read more >

• Seniors Rejoice as President Biden Makes Lower Drug Prices for Older Americans the Law of the Land

  August 16, 2022: Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans celebrated President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on Tuesday following recent passage of the legislation by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. The bill wil...Read more >

• Seniors Applaud House Passage of Bold Action to Lower Drug Prices for Millions of Older Americans

  August 12, 2022: Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans celebrated passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the U.S. House of Representatives today, five days after the bill was passed by the U.S. Senate. President Biden has said he will sign the bill. ...Read more >