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• KHN: Seniors Face Crushing Drug Costs as Congress Stalls on Capping Medicare Out-Of-Pockets

  January 07, 2021: By Harris Meyer Sharon Clark is able to get her life-sustaining cancer drug, Pomalyst — priced at more than $18,000 for a 28-day supply — only because of the generosity of patient assistance foundations. Clark, 57, a fo Read More >

• Trump’s Transparent Election-year Bribe to Seniors Will Cause Permanent Damage to Medicare

  October 08, 2020: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding President Trump’s $7.9 billion plan to give Medicare beneficiaries a card in the mail worth $200 to help p Read More >

• Retirees Mark Medicare’s 55th Anniversary with Virtual Events

  July 30, 2020: Milestone Reached as Republican COVID-19 Relief Package Threatens Medicare’s Future https://youtu.be/eu-eeyFNvBs Washington, DC - Thursday marks the 55th anniversary of Medicare, and Alliance members across the country are Read More >

• Call to Stop Social Security and Medicare Cuts

  July 29, 2020: Read More >

• Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds Remain Strong, According to Annual Trustees Report

  April 22, 2020: Now is Time to Act to Strengthen Both Systems The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trustees reports issued today on the Social Security and Read More >

• KHN: Federal Judge Rules Medicare Patients Can Challenge ‘Observation Care’ Status

  March 30, 2020: By Susan Jaffe Hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries who have been denied coverage for nursing home stays because their time in the hospital was changed from “inpatient” to “observation care” can now appeal to Read More >

• ‘Hobnobbing With Billionaires in Davos,’ Trump Admits—If Reelected—He Will Seek to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare

  January 23, 2020: "It'll be toward the end of the year," Trump said from Davos, Switzerland. "And at the right time, we will take a look at that. You know, that's actually the easiest of all things, if you look, cause it's such a big percentage." Read More >

• Trump Confirms Social Security and Medicare Cuts Will Be On the Table at the “End of This Year”

  January 22, 2020: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding President Trump’s acknowledgment on CNBC that he would look to cut "entitlements" if re-elected: “Aft Read More >

• Medicare Fraudsters Now Tap Telemedicine In Medical Equipment Scams

  October 18, 2019: By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News  OCTOBER 9, 2019 (Hannah Norman/KHN illustration; Getty Images) Dean Ernest had been living in a nursing home about a year when his son, John, got a call last winter asking if his Read More >

• Medicare and Prescription Drug Prices

  July 23, 2019: Americans pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. Medicare Part D drug prices are projected to increase by 4.7 percent each year until 2026 and are expected to be the fastest growing part of health care spe Read More >