Social Security Expansion
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Thank You for Signing The Petition!
June 28, 2024: Thank you for your contribution! Want to help the Alliance fight for retirees? Visit our "Join Us" page to learn more about becoming a member....Read more >
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Retiree Group Endorses Colin Allred for Election to U.S. Senate
May 31, 2024: Cites His Commitment to Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits Dallas - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Congressman Colin Allred for election to the U.S. Senate from Texas toda...Read more >
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Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One.
May 22, 2024: HOUSTON — Patients admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital get a monitoring device about the size of a half-dollar affixed to their chest — and an unwitting role in the expanding use of artificial intelligence in health care. The slender, batte...Read more >
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Retiree Group Endorses Ruben Gallego for the U.S. Senate
May 20, 2024: Cites His Commitment to Expanding and Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits Phoenix - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Ruben Gallego for election to the U.S. Senate from Arizo...Read more >
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KFF Health News: Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm
May 09, 2024: Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises. Even when physicians determine these patients need ...Read more >
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KFF Health News: Concerns Grow Over Quality of Care as Investor Groups Buy Not-for-Profit Nursing Homes
March 14, 2024: Shelly Olson’s mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a not-for-profit organ...Read more >
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Trump Talks Social Security and Medicare Cuts; Older Americans Must Reelect Biden to Protect the Benefits They Earned
March 11, 2024: During an appearance on CNBC’s Squawkbox program this morning, Donald Trump told host Joe Kernen that there “is a lot you can do to cut” Social Security and Medicare. Below is a response from Richard Fiesta, executive director of the Allianc...Read more >
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State of the Union: Retirees Call on President Biden to Continue Lowering Prescription Drug Prices and Keeping Social Security and Medicare Cuts off the Table
March 07, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding President Biden’s State of the Union address: “Tonight President Biden told the American people that the state of the Uni...Read more >
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Alliance for Retired Americans: House Budget Resolution (Again) Includes Tax Cuts for the Ultra-Wealthy and Will Lead to Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
March 06, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to news that the U.S. House Budget Committee plans to vote on Thursday, March 7 on a Concurrent FY 2025 Budget Resolution: ...Read more >
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Southern Lawmakers Rethink Long-Standing Opposition to Medicaid Expansion
February 22, 2024: As a part-time customer service representative, Jolene Dybas earns less than $15,000 a year, which is below the federal poverty level and too low for her to be eligible for subsidized health insurance on the Obamacare marketplace. Dybas, 53, also ...Read more >
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