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Prescription Drug Materials

• Retiree Group Endorses Jahana Hayes for Re-election to U.S. House

  August 30, 2022: Cites Commitment to Expanding and Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits, Lowering Drug Prices Waterbury, CT - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Jahana Hayes f Read More >

• Retiree Group Endorses Richard Blumenthal for Re-election to U.S. Senate

  August 29, 2022: Cites His Commitment to Expanding and Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits West Hartford, CT - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Richard Blumenthal for re-e Read More >

• Seniors Rejoice as President Biden Makes Lower Drug Prices for Older Americans the Law of the Land

  August 16, 2022: Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans celebrated President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on Tuesday following recent passage of the legislation by the U.S. Senate and House of Representati Read More >

• Fact Sheet: The Inflation Reduction Act and Prescription Drug Prices

  August 16, 2022: One in four people over the age of 65 report not taking at least one prescription drug as prescribed due to its cost. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical corporations are making record profits, lining the pockets of their executives and sha Read More >

• Seniors Applaud House Passage of Bold Action to Lower Drug Prices for Millions of Older Americans

  August 12, 2022: Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans celebrated passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the U.S. House of Representatives today, five days after the bill was passed by the U.S. Senate. President Biden has said he Read More >

• Retiree Group Endorses Joe Courtney for Re-election to U.S. House

  August 09, 2022: Cites Commitment to Expanding and Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits, Lowering Drug Prices Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Joe Courtney for re-election t Read More >

• Retirees Applaud Strong Senate Action to Lower Drug Prices for Millions of Older Americans

  August 07, 2022: Statement by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) by the U.S. Senate: “Today 50 members of the U.S. Senate and Vice President Kamala Read More >

• How Pfizer Won the Pandemic, Reaping Outsize Profit and Influence

  July 06, 2022: The grinding two-plus years of the pandemic have yielded outsize benefits for one company — Pfizer — making it both highly influential and hugely profitable as covid-19 continues to infect tens of thousands of people and kill Read More >

• Sen. Warren, Experts Highlight Executive Actions to Lower Drug Prices

  May 02, 2022: In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) outlined a number of executive actions that the Biden administration could take to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Backed by legal and medical exp Read More >

• Big Pharma’s Lies on Drug Prices Debunked

  April 26, 2022: Last week, the Alliance joined the bipartisan patient coalition Patients for Affordable Drugs Now (P4ADN) as it implemented Debunking Big Pharma Week. Throughout the week, P4ADNow highlighted five of Big Pharma’s biggest lies to Read More >