Retirement Security

• KFF Health News: Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care

  November 16, 2023: Margaret Newcomb, 69, a retired French teacher, is desperately trying to protect her retirement savings by caring for her 82-year-old husband, who has severe dementia, at home in Seattle. She used to fear his disease-induced paranoia, but now he’s ...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Let’s Have an Honest Conversation About What to Expect as You Age

  October 26, 2023: How many of us have wanted a reliable, evidence-based guide to aging that explains how our bodies and minds change as we grow older and how to adapt to those differences? Creating a work of this kind is challenging. For one thing, aging gradually ...Read more >

• 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 >