Retirement Security

• KHN: Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn’t Include Options to Move Into Medigap

  November 10, 2021: Medicare’s annual open-enrollment season is here and millions of beneficiaries — prompted by a massive advertising campaign and aided by a detailed federal website — will choose a private Medicare Advantage plan. But those who have inste...Read more >

• Only 1 in 7 Seniors Have Received a Covid Booster Shot So Far

  October 27, 2021: Health experts are recommending that eligible Americans receive COVID-19 booster shots as soon as possible in an effort to prevent infection surges this coming winter. Seniors, who are among the highest-risk populations, are eligible for the boosters...Read more >

• Voting Rights Legislation Blocked Again in Senate

  October 27, 2021: Senate Republicans filibustered the Democrats’ voting rights legislation last Wednesday, blocking the bill from even being debated. The vote to strengthen voter protections came as several GOP-controlled state legislatures vow to enact even more re...Read more >

• Analysis Illustrates How Eliminating the Payroll Tax Cap Could Substantially Improve Social Security’s Future

  October 18, 2021: The 2021 Social Security Trustees Report states that the Trust Fund can pay full benefits through 2033, and a new Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) analysis lays out several options for ensuring that all beneficiaries receive full benefi...Read more >

• Social Security Benefits Will Increase by Almost 6 Percent in 2022

  October 18, 2021: Social Security beneficiaries, disabled veterans and federal retirees will see their earned benefits increase by 5.9% in January, marking the largest increase in almost four decades. The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will amount to an additional $...Read more >

• Fred Redmond is New Alliance Executive Vice President

  October 04, 2021: AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond was named Executive Vice President of the Alliance for Retired Americans on Tuesday, succeeding Liz Shuler in the position after she was elected President of the AFL-CIO in August. Mr. Redmond was previously t...Read more >

• KHN: An Ad’s Charge That Price Haggling Would ‘Swipe $500 Billion From Medicare’ Is Incorrect

  September 29, 2021: “These guys [insurance companies and Washington bureaucrats] are working together to swipe $500 billion from Medicare to pay for Pelosi and Schumer’s out-of-control spending spree.” Video advertisement from the 60 Plus American Ass...Read more >

• 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 >

• 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 >