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• Administration Nominates a Social Security Privatizer as a Trustee

  August 17, 2018: The administration announced the nomination of James Lockhart to be one of the two public trustees for the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds. If confirmed by the Senate, he would serve for four years. Lockhart served as Read More >

• Social Security’s Finances Remain Strong, Annual Trustees Reports Show

  June 05, 2018: Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable Would Give Medicare a Boost The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trustees reports issued today o Read More >

• Majority of Congress Failed to Support Retirees Last Year

  May 17, 2018: 2017 Voting Record Report Details Which Senators and Members of Congress Voted to Protect Retirement Security Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans today released its 2017 voting record which scored every U.S. R Read More >

• Connecticut Seniors Describe what Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid would Mean for them

  April 10, 2018: A new video from the Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans shows what the Affordable Care Act (ACA) means to Connecticut seniors when they are sick and at their most vulnerable. Background In early 2017, Republicans Read More >

• Lessons for Democrats in Lamb Victory

  March 14, 2018: by Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, President of Social Security Works PAC and Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans https://youtu.be/N4syLKd2Rts Voters in Pennsylvania’s 18th district voted to Read More >

• Alliance congratulates Conor Lamb; thanks its Pennsylvania members for their role in his victory

  March 14, 2018: Retiree issues, combined with a strong Get Out the Vote effort by Alliance for Retired Americans members and staff, helped propel first-time candidate Conor Lamb to victory in the special election for Pennsylvania’s 18th congres Read More >

• Trump Plan is Not Enough to Lower Drug Prices

  February 16, 2018: By Richard Fiesta Executive Director Alliance for Retired Americans Despite promises to lower prescription drug prices, President Trump’s FY19 budget does not come close to actually protecting seniors and all consumers from Read More >

• White House’s FY19 Budget Spells Serious Trouble for Seniors and People with Disabilities

  February 12, 2018: Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid not what Trump Promised During 2016 Election Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following the release of President Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget: Read More >

• State of the Union Speech Presented an Alternate Reality, Not what Older Americans See

  January 30, 2018: Statement of Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, following President Trump’s State of the Union address: “There are several things that the President did not say tonight that are troubl Read More >

• More Than One-Third of People with Traditional Medicare Spent at Least 20 Percent of Their Total Income on Health Care in 2013

  January 30, 2018: According to a Kaiser Family Foundation study, more than one-third of people with traditional Medicare spent at least 20 percent of their total income on health care in 2013. The study is entitled Medicare Beneficiaries’ Out-of- Read More >