Retirement Security

• Trump Administration Abandons Older Americans with HHS Cuts

  March 27, 2025: Washington, D.C. — Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s sweeping staff cuts and reorganization at the Department of Health and Human S...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Trump Vowed To End Surprise Medical Bills. The Office Working on That Just Got Slashed.

  March 06, 2025: As President Donald Trump wrapped up his first term in 2020, he signed legislation to protect Americans from surprise medical bills. “This must end,” Trump said. “We’re going to hold insurance companies and hospitals totally accountable.” ...Read more >

• SSA Offers Buyouts to Staff Ahead of Planned Workforce Reductions and Field Office Closures

  February 28, 2025: The Social Security Administration is offering financial incentives of $15,000 to $25,000 to staff who voluntarily resign from the agency before mandated staffing reductions and office closures take place. Acting Social Security Commissioner Leland D...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Republicans Once Wanted Government out of Health Care. Trump Voters See It Differently.

  February 28, 2025: Like many Americans who voted for Donald Trump, Jason Rouse hopes the president’s return will mean lower prices for gas, groceries, and other essentials. But Rouse is looking to the federal government for relief from one particular pain point: h...Read more >

• House Republican Budget Resolution Vote Will Lead to Drastic Cuts in Health Care, Put Millions of Vulnerable Seniors at Risk

  February 25, 2025: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding House Passage of the FY 2025 House Budget Resolution: “Americans want their leaders to do something about the high cost of ...Read more >

• Advocacy Group, Unions Sue Treasury Department Over Illegal DOGE Data Access

  February 03, 2025: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group and State Democracy Defenders Fund, the Alliance for Retired Americans, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) f...Read more >

• Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Pro-Worker Legacy

  January 17, 2025: As we celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday – Monday, January 20 – it’s important to remember his work to connect the labor and the civil rights movements. Dr. King understood that unions ensure that working people have a voice. He t...Read more >

• Retirees Want Final Passage after Cloture Vote to Restore Social Security Benefits so that Millions of Americans will Avoid Economic Hardship

  December 18, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Senate’s 73-27 vote to reach cloture on H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act: “Retirees are excited that the Sen...Read more >

• Elon Musk, Sen. Mike Lee Declare War on Social Security

  December 03, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) and Elon Musk’s attack on the Social Security benefits Americans have earned over a lifetime of work....Read more >

• KFF Health News: Vance Rewrites History About Trump and Obamacare

  October 03, 2024: Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon [it].” -- Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on “Meet the Press,” Sept. 15   Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sept. 15 told viewers of NBC’s “Me...Read more >