Retirement Security

• Statement by Retiree Leader Richard Fiesta on House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Plan for a Debt Commission

  October 25, 2023: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Speaker Mike Johnson's record of voting against older Americans’ best interests and his announcement that he plans to create a...Read more >

• Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Arizona Alliance in 2022 Cochise County Election Case; Hand Counting Ballots Not Allowed in Arizona Elections

  October 20, 2023: The Arizona State Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the Arizona Alliance Wednesday, deciding that the Cochise County supervisors and the county recorder had no authority under Arizona law to attempt to hand count all ballots cast in the 2022 general...Read more >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Hosts Fourth Annual Retirement Security Symposium

  October 20, 2023: Government officials, labor movement leaders, policy experts, Social Security and pension advocates, academics, attorneys, and economists gathered to discuss retirement security and social insurance issues with hundreds of virtual and in-person parti...Read more >

• ACTION NEEDED: Tell CMS that Nursing Homes Need More Staff to Keep Residents Safe

  October 20, 2023: The health and safety of nursing homes residents is put at risk when there are not sufficient nurses and aides to meet their needs. Currently, the number of staff in 7 in 10 nursing homes’ staffing levels is below the level experts have determined ...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Trump Misplaced Blame When He Said Drug Shortages Were Biden’s Fault

  October 12, 2023: “Under ‘Crooked Joe’ Biden, there has been a catastrophic increase in shortages of essential medicines.” -  Former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in a July 24 campaign video In a recent campaign vi...Read more >

• Statement by Retiree Leader Richard Fiesta on the 3.2% COLA Increase for Social Security Beneficiaries

  October 12, 2023: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the announcement that there will be a 3.2% cost-of-living (COLA) benefit increase for millions of Social Security beneficiaries,...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores

  September 28, 2023: The Biden administration announced a major initiative to protect Americans from medical debt on Thursday, outlining plans to develop federal rules barring unpaid medical bills from affecting patients’ credit scores. The regulations, if enacted...Read more >

• Retirees Back Striking UAW Workers

  September 15, 2023: The following statement was issued by Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, as UAW members strike for a fair contract with the Big 3 Automakers: “The 4.4 million retiree members of the Alliance for Retired Americans...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Few Firm Beliefs and Low Trust — Americans Not Sure What’s True in Age of Health Misinformation

  August 24, 2023: Around 3 in 10 Americans still believe ivermectin is an effective treatment for covid. What’s more, few place significant trust in any form of news media or official institution to accurately convey information about health topics, from covid treat...Read more >

• Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans, Priorities USA File Legal Challenge to Absentee Ballot Restrictions in Wisconsin

  July 21, 2023: On Thursday, the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans, Priorities USA and William Franks, Jr., a board member of the Alliance from Dane County, Wisconsin, filed a legal challenge to three provisions of Wisconsin election law that place unnecessar...Read more >