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Pfizer CEO Comment on Drug Price Negotiation Reflects Industry Greed, Arrogance and Disregard for Patients
May 12, 2023: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla’s statement that the federal government’s plans to negotiate drug prices for Me Read More >
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Report Shows Social Security Expansion is Affordable
March 31, 2023: Congress Can Strengthen Medicare and Social Security Without Cuts “Today’s reports show once again that Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund is strong and solvent, with enough money to cove Read More >
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Biden-Harris Administration Acts to Lower Prices for 27 Drugs
March 21, 2023: On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced 27 prescription drugs for which Medicare Part B beneficiary coinsurances may be lower from Read More >
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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 >
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Battle Over ‘Orphan Drugs’ Leads to Higher Drug Prices
February 27, 2023: An “orphan drug” is a designation that rewards drug corporations for developing treatments for rare diseases. When a drugmaker wins approval for an orphan drug, the company is entitled to seven years of exclusive rights to the Read More >
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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 >
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Drug Corporations Plan Price Increases on Life-Saving Medications Despite Billions in Increased Profits
January 30, 2023: Major pharmaceutical corporations are set to increase prices on over 350 unique medications this month, continuing a trend of drug industry profiteering, according to Accountable.US and Reuters. A previous Accountable.US report sh Read More >
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Kaiser Health News: Numbers Don’t Lie. Biden Kept His Promise on Improving Obamacare.
January 18, 2023: Promise: “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” In a speech on Nov. 2, 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised, “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” Two years and Read More >
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HHS Announces Key Dates for Implementation of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation
January 17, 2023: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced key 2023 dates for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program which lowers drug costs for millions of Americans. For the first time in history, because of th Read More >
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Many Inflation Reduction Act Provisions Set to Take Effect in January
December 23, 2022: On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, setting into motion multiple provisions that will bring down skyrocketing prescription drug prices for millions of Americans. Many of those provis Read More >