Press Releases

• Seniors Tell the U.S. Senate: We Are Not Giving Up, Do What it Takes to Protect Our Voting Rights!

  January 19, 2022: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding votes in the U.S Senate on sidelining the filibuster and passing the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act: “The U.S. Senate had the power on Wednesday...Read more >

• Retirees Applaud HHS Secretary Becerra’s Directive that CMS Reconsider 14% 2022 Medicare Premium Hike

  January 10, 2022: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding reports that Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has ordered the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (C...Read more >

• Retirees Applaud House Passage of Build Back Better Act that Lowers Drug Costs, Funds Home Care, Adds Guaranteed Hearing Benefit to Medicare

  November 19, 2021: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376, in the U.S. House: “The Alliance for Retired Americans applauds the House passage o...Read more >

• Retirees Applaud Passage of President Biden’s Infrastructure Bill

  November 05, 2021: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding passage of the infrastructure bill: “Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, H.R. 3684, is a significant victory for all A...Read more >

• Retirees Welcome Addition of Medicare Drug Negotiation to Build Back Better Legislation

  November 02, 2021: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans on the New Drug Negotiation Plan Announced Today: “Older Americans are better off today than they were yesterday and the pharmaceutical industry’s monopoly p...Read more >

• Statement by Retiree Leader Richard Fiesta on the 5.9% COLA Increase for Social Security Beneficiaries

  October 13, 2021: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the announcement that there will be a 5.9% cost-of-living (COLA) benefit increase for millions of Social Security beneficiaries,...Read more >

• Voto Latino, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, Texas AFT File Lawsuit to Protect All Texans’ Right to Vote

  September 07, 2021: Austin, Texas – Voto Latino, LULAC Texas, the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Texas American Federation of Teachers today filed suit to block SB 1, Texas’s draconian voting law that is one of the most restrictive of its kind. The...Read more >

• Social Security’s Finances Remain Strong, Annual Trustees Reports Show

  August 31, 2021: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trustees reports on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds released today: “Social Security remains strong and so...Read more >

• Retirees Applaud Election of Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond to lead the AFL-CIO

  August 20, 2021: Statement of Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on the AFL-CIO Executive Council’s election today of Liz Shuler as President of the AFL-CIO and of Fred Redmond to succeed Ms. Shuler as AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer: ...Read more >

• Retirees Applaud President Biden’s Forceful Call for Action to Lower Prescription Drug Prices

  August 12, 2021: Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Can Provide Dental, Hearing and Vision Benefits for Seniors Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding President Biden’s speech today regarding lower prescript...Read more >