Retirement Security

• Alliance for Retired Americans Endorses Senator Jon Tester, Names Him 2024 Retiree Hero

  September 03, 2024: “From taking on the big pharmaceutical companies to save Montanans money on their prescription drugs, to relentlessly defending our hard-earned retirements, Jon Tester never shies away from a fight.” BILLINGS, MT - Members of the Alliance ...Read more >

• Susan Wild Earns Alliance for Retired Americans Endorsement on the 89th Anniversary of the Social Security Act

  August 14, 2024: ALLENTOWN, PA – Today, on the 89th anniversary of the Social Security Act being signed into law, the Alliance for Retired Americans announced their endorsement of Congresswoman Susan Wild’s re-election campaign in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congression...Read more >

• Retiree Group Endorses Gabe Vasquez for Reelection to U.S. House

  August 10, 2024: Albuquerque, NM  - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Rep. Gabe Vasquez for reelection to the U.S. House from New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District (CD) today. The New Mexico Alliance for Retired...Read more >

• Congresswoman Wild Receives “HERO Award” from PA Alliance for Retired Americans for 100% Pro-Retiree Voting Record

  August 08, 2024: ALLENTOWN, PA – Today the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans presented Congresswoman Susan Wild with their “HERO Award,” recognizing her unwavering commitment to seniors in Pennsylvania and across the country. The organization – whic...Read more >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Enthusiastically Endorses Kamala Harris for President

  July 23, 2024: Washington, DC -- Citing her record of commitment to strengthening retirement security, the Alliance for Retired Americans, a national grassroots advocacy organization, today endorsed Kamala Harris to be President of the United States. The Allianc...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Despite Past Storms’ Lessons, Long-Term Care Residents Again Left Powerless

  July 18, 2024: HOUSTON — As Tina Kitzmiller sat inside her sweltering apartment, windows and doors open in the hope of catching even the slightest breeze, she was frustrated and worried for her dog and her neighbors. It had been days since Hurricane Beryl blew...Read more >

• KFF Health News: States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived.

  July 18, 2024: For hours, John Pernorio repeatedly mashed the call button at his bedside in the Heritage Hills nursing home in Rhode Island. A retired truck driver, he had injured his spine in a fall on the job decades earlier and could no longer walk. The antibiot...Read more >

• Trump-Vance: Another Step Toward Retirement Insecurity

  July 15, 2024: Selection of J.D. Vance as Vice Presidential Nominee Deepens Fears that Trump Would Cut Social Security, Medicare Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement regarding Donald Trump’s...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Lack of Affordability Tops Older Americans’ List of Health Care Worries

  July 11, 2024: What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies, and their ability to pay. “It’s on our minds a whole lot because of our age and because everything keeps getting more expens...Read more >

• Retiree Group Endorses Marlene Galán-Woods in Primary for Election to U.S. House

  July 11, 2024: Cites Her Commitment to Protecting and Expanding Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits Scottsdale, AZ - The Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced its endorsement of Marlene Galán-Woods in the Democratic primary for Arizona’s ...Read more >