Press Releases

• Florida Retirees: Nelson Best Choice for Seniors

  July 27, 2018: Will Fight to Lower Prescription Drug Costs, Protect Medicare and Social Security Wildwood, Florida​ – Citing his commitment to older Americans, members of Alliance for Retired Americans today stood with Senator Bill Nelson and announced thei...Read more >

• Brett Kavanaugh is a Threat to the Health Care of Older Americans and Must be Rejected

  July 10, 2018: Statement of Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following President Trump’s announcement that he will nominate Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court: “When President Trump vowed in 2015 to only app...Read more >

• Supreme Court Rules Against Worker Freedom

  June 27, 2018: Statement of Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Janus v. AFSCME Council 31: “The Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of Mark Janus and against the American...Read more >

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

  June 05, 2018: Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable Would Give Medicare a Boost The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trustees reports issued today on the Social Securit...Read more >

• Majority of Congress Failed to Support Retirees Last Year

  May 17, 2018: 2017 Voting Record Report Details Which Senators and Members of Congress Voted to Protect Retirement Security Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans today released its 2017 voting record which scored every U.S. Representative and Se...Read more >

• Administration’s Prescription Drug Price Remedy Fails Seniors

  May 11, 2018: Plan is the Opposite of what Trump Promised During 2016 Election Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the release of President Trump’s plan to reduce prescription drug prices: “Pr...Read more >

• Secretary Zinke Shouldn’t Blame Seniors, the Disabled and Veterans for Higher National Park Fees

  March 15, 2018: Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the House Committee on Natural Resources hearing on the Interior Department’s FY2019 budget: "Secretary Zinke should be ashamed of himself for blami...Read more >

• Retiree Group Endorses Conor Lamb for U.S. House

  March 05, 2018: Cites His Commitment to Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits Members of the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Conor Lamb for election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Penns...Read more >

• ADA Education and Reform Act is an affront to Americans with Disabilities

  February 15, 2018: "It is a travesty that this legislation is even up for a vote" Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the scheduled House vote to roll back the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): “...Read more >

• White House’s FY19 Budget Spells Serious Trouble for Seniors and People with Disabilities

  February 12, 2018: Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid not what Trump Promised During 2016 Election Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the release of President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget: “The 2019 budge...Read more >