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• New Retiree Voting Record Report Released

  March 13, 2023:  Scores Congress on Votes Including the Landmark “Inflation Reduction Act” Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans released its 2022 Congressional Voting Record, which scored each U.S. Senator and Representat Read More >

• President Biden Goes to Bat for Retirees

  March 07, 2023: Senior Organization Applauds Effort to Extend Medicare Solvency and Further Lower Drug Prices for Older Americans The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, r Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: Biden Promises to Fight GOP on ‘Gutting’ Medicaid. Budget Talks Seem Like Another Story.

  March 02, 2023: Most lawmakers — Republicans and Democrats alike — have declared the marquee safety-net programs of Medicare and Social Security off-limits for cuts as a divided Washington heads for a showdown over the national debt and gover Read More >

• Steps to Hold Medicare Advantage Accountable are Not Cuts, Experts Say

  February 27, 2023: Two announcements by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) related to Medicare Advantage — an alternative to original Medicare, primarily run by major insurance companies — have brought additional discussion abo Read More >

• Take Action: Sign the Alliance’s Petition to Save Social Security

  February 27, 2023: Even though the extremist Republicans stood during the State of the Union to supposedly show “support” for Social Security and Medicare, they are scheming to cut our earned benefits. They aren’t even keeping it a secret, goi Read More >

• Congressional Republican Agenda Would Increase the Debt by Over $3 Trillion

  February 21, 2023: The White House released a new fact sheet this week showing that the House Republicans’ legislative agenda would increase the national debt by over $3 trillion over 10 years. The first bill passed by the new Republican House Read More >

• Nobel Laureate Economist Paul Krugman Details Decades of GOP Plans to Cut Social Security and Medicare

  February 21, 2023: Despite some Republicans’ claims to the contrary, columnist and economist Paul Krugman reminded readers this week that many in the GOP do want to eviscerate Social Security and Medicare, writing that "to believe otherwise requir Read More >

• State of the Union: Retirees Call on President Biden to Stress That Social Security and Medicare Cuts Remain Off the Table

  February 07, 2023: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in advance of President Biden’s State of the Union address: “The state of the union is strong, but older Americ Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: Government Lets Health Plans That Ripped Off Medicare Keep the Money

  February 03, 2023: Medicare Advantage plans for seniors dodged a major financial bullet Monday as government officials gave them a reprieve for returning hundreds of millions of dollars or more in government overpayments — some dating back a decad Read More >

• Democrats Debate Whether President Biden Should Negotiate with Speaker McCarthy on Debt Limit

  January 30, 2023: House lawmakers and the White House continued to spar last week over whether to include Social Security and Medicare in negotiations over raising the debt limit. President Biden has steadfastly pledged not to cut the programs, ins Read More >