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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 reg Read More >
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What You Need to Know About the Drug Price Fight in Those TV Ads
July 12, 2023: In recent months ominous ads about prescription drugs have flooded the TV airwaves. Perhaps by design, it’s not always clear who’s sponsoring the ads or why. Or, for that matter, why now? The short answer is that Congres Read More >
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Following Merck, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Bristol Myers Squibb and PhRMA Sue Administration Over Drug Price Negotiation
June 26, 2023: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Bristol Myers Squibb and PhRMA, the drug industry’s trade association, have filed three separate lawsuits against the Biden administration to block Medicare’s authority to negotiate lower drug pri Read More >
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Older Americans Month Begins with May Day
May 05, 2023: Monday, May 1 was not only the first day of Older Americans Month, it was also May Day, (International Workers’ Day). Throughout May, Alliance members across the country are celebrating seniors’ contributions to the nation and Read More >
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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties
November 21, 2022: Two-year-old Zion Gastelum died just days after dentists performed root canals and put crowns on six baby teeth at a clinic affiliated with a private equity firm. His parents sued the Kool Smiles dental clinic in Yuma, Arizona, Read More >
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Despite a First-Ever ‘Right-to-Repair’ Law, There’s No Easy Fix for Wheelchair Users
June 09, 2022: Robin Bolduc isn’t the type of person who takes “no” for an answer — particularly when it comes to fixing her husband’s wheelchair. Her husband, Bruce Goguen, 69, is paralyzed from multiple sclerosis. And without his Read More >
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Alliance Celebrates May Day this Sunday
May 01, 2022: Sunday, May 1 is International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day, a time to celebrate all workers and the efforts of trade unions and the labor movement. It is also a day of remembrance, since it honors the workers who died du Read More >
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Public Opinion Is Unified on Lowering Drug Prices. Why Are Leaders Settling for Less?
November 18, 2021: Democrats and Republicans are crystal clear in polls that they want government to be allowed to negotiate down high drug prices. Americans pay nearly three times as much for drugs as patients in dozens of other countries. In the Read More >
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KHN: An Ad’s Charge That Price Haggling Would ‘Swipe $500 Billion From Medicare’ Is Incorrect
September 29, 2021: “These guys [insurance companies and Washington bureaucrats] are working together to swipe $500 billion from Medicare to pay for Pelosi and Schumer’s out-of-control spending spree.” Video advertisement from the Read More >
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Alliance Leadership
September 29, 2021: Fred Redmond - Executive Vice President Fredrick D. Redmond is the secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO. He is the first African American to hold this office in the history of the labor federation. He had previously served on the Read More >