Retirement Security

• Survey Says Most Private Insurance Plans Won’t Waive COVID-19 Cost-sharing

  September 27, 2021: At the urging of the federal government, insurance companies waived cost-sharing for COVID-19 patients in 2020. However as the pandemic continues, a majority of companies have opted to discontinue this practice, meaning that COVID-19 patients with �...Read more >

• New Poll Explores Seniors’ Biggest Concerns

  September 13, 2021: New research by seniorliving.org found that older adults have been more emotionally resilient than their younger counterparts during the pandemic, and that many of seniors' biggest fears are related to finances. Older adults’ biggest fear is the...Read more >

• Media Coverage of Voto Latino, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, and Texas AFT’s Lawsuit to Protect All Texans’ Right to Vote

  September 08, 2021: Press Releases Voto Latino, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, Texas AFT File Lawsuit to Protect All Texans’ Right to Vote, September 7 Media Coverage Four groups file lawsuit to block controversial Texas election bill Fox7-Austin, September...Read more >

• KHN: After Pandemic Ravaged Nursing Homes, New State Laws Protect Residents

  August 26, 2021: When the coronavirus hit Martha Leland’s Connecticut nursing home last year, she and dozens of other residents contracted the disease while the facility was on lockdown. Twenty-eight residents died, including her roommate. “The impact of not h...Read more >

• Retirees Applaud Election of Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond to lead the AFL-CIO

  August 20, 2021: Statement of Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on the AFL-CIO Executive Council’s election today of Liz Shuler as President of the AFL-CIO and of Fred Redmond to succeed Ms. Shuler as AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer: ...Read more >

• Alliance Says “Expand, Don’t Cut” Social Security as Anniversary Approaches

  August 13, 2021: With Social Security’s 86th anniversary coming up tomorrow -- Saturday, August 14 -- the Arizona Alliance continued the summer celebrations of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid on Thursday. This year the Arizona chapter’s event featured the ...Read more >

• Retirees Mourn the Death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

  August 09, 2021: The 4.4 million members of the Alliance for Retired Americans are united in mourning the untimely death of Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO. He was 72. “Richard Trumka was a legendary labor leader and he was also my friend. Working peopl...Read more >

• Retirees Mourn the Death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

  August 05, 2021: The 4.4 million members of the Alliance for Retired Americans are united in mourning the untimely death of Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO. “Richard Trumka was a legendary labor leader and he was also my friend. Working people had no mo...Read more >

• Senate Holds Hearing on PRO Act, Proponents Drum Up Support

  July 26, 2021: The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee held a hearing Thursday morning on H.R. 842, the PRO Act. This bill would protect the rights of workers to unionize in several ways. In her opening statement, Sen. Patty Murray (WA), C...Read more >

• KHN: Though Millions Are at Risk for Diabetes, Medicare Struggles to Expand Prevention Program

  July 22, 2021: Damon Diessner tried for years to slim down from his weight of more than 400 pounds, partly because his size embarrassed his wife but even more because his doctors told him he was at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. His hemoglobin A1c level, a blo...Read more >