Social Security Expansion
How will recent Social Security expansion efforts benefit older Americans?
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Release: Unions, Retirees Raise New Concerns Over DOGE Access to Social Security Data
April 11, 2025: Note: the below press release was issued by Democracy Forward, which is representing the Alliance and its co-plaintiffs in our lawsuit against the Social Security Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency. Unions, Retirees Raise New...Read more >
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Retirees Welcome News That Most SSA Phone Services Will Remain Available to the Public
April 09, 2025: Retirees Welcome News That SSA Phone Services Will Remain Available to the Public Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement regarding the Social Security Administr...Read more >
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Court of Appeals Blocks Trump Administration’s Improper Attempt to Overturn Temporary Restraining Order Protecting Social Security Data from DOGE
April 01, 2025: Fourth Circuit Compels Government to Follow Procedural Rules Washington, DC—Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed the government’s appeal of a temporary restraining order protecting sensitive data maintained by the ...Read more >
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Retirees Shouldn’t Count on Frank Bisignano to Stop Musk’s Destruction of the Social Security Administration
March 25, 2025: Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement regarding Frank Bisignano’s confirmation hearing today before the Senate Finance Committee. “Retirees who tuned into ...Read more >
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Save Social Security Virtual Phone Bank
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Acting Social Security Commissioner Threatens to Hold 73 Million Americans’ Benefits Hostage
March 21, 2025: Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement regarding Acting Social Security Commissioner Lee Dudek’s threats to shut down the Social Security Administration (SSA) in...Read more >
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TRO Issued in Retiree, Union Lawsuit to Block DOGE’s Access to Social Security Data
March 20, 2025: Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement re. the U.S. District Court of the District of Maryland issuing a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) in American Federation o...Read more >
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DOGE Continues Dismantling SSA by Ending Telephone Services for Claims
March 19, 2025: Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement regarding the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) abrupt termination of telephone services for benefit claims: “Pr...Read more >
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KFF Health News: Under Trump, Social Security Resumes What It Once Called ‘Clawback Cruelty’
March 13, 2025: A year ago, a new head of Social Security set out to stop the agency from financially devastating many of the people it was meant to help. The agency had long made it a practice to reduce or halt benefit checks to recoup billions of dollars in pay...Read more >
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Retirees Outraged at Possible End to Social Security Telephone Services
March 12, 2025: Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, issued the following statement in response to a Washington Post report that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is considering “ending telephone ser...Read more >
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