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• KFF: As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage

  June 08, 2023: More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1. And a KFF Health News analysis of state data shows the vast majority were removed from state rolls for not completing paperwork. Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: No-Cost Preventive Services Are Now in Jeopardy. Here’s What You Need to Know.

  April 13, 2023: When a federal judge in Texas declared unconstitutional a popular part of the Affordable Care Act that ensures no-cost preventive care for certain services, such as screening exams for conditions such as diabetes, hepatitis, and Read More >

• 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 >

• Preventive Care May Be Free, but Follow-Up Diagnostic Tests Can Bring Big Bills

  June 16, 2022: When Cynthia Johnson learned she would owe $200 out-of-pocket for a diagnostic mammogram in Houston, she almost put off getting the test that told her she had breast cancer. “I thought, ‘I really don’t have this to spend, Read More >

• New Retiree Voting Record Report Released

  April 27, 2021: The Alliance for Retired Americans released its 2020 Congressional Voting Record, which scored each U.S. Senator and Representative on critical retirement security issues, today. “Almost every member of Congress claims to car Read More >

• New Report: Seniors At Risk — How Trump’s War on Health Care Has Made Coronavirus Crisis Worse for Older Americans

  May 28, 2020: President Trump and his Republican allies have spent years systematically sabotaging seniors’ health care, but now more than ever, their lives are on the line. Between undermining Medicaid enrollment to proposing steep Medic Read More >

• President Trump “Protecting” Seniors, Really?

  April 30, 2020: For Immediate Release The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding President Trump’s anticipated remarks later today about “taking care of seniors Read More >

• Retirees Mark Older Americans Month with Release of Voting Record

  May 16, 2019: Report Shows Which Senators and Members of Congress Voted to Protect Retirement Security in 2018 The Alliance for Retired Americans today released its 2018 Congressional Voting Record which scores each U.S. Senator and Represen Read More >

• National Call-in Day to Stop Judge Kavanaugh’s Nomination

  September 07, 2018: As a judge, Brett Kavanaugh has repeatedly favored wealthy corporate interests over working Americans. He’s argued against the protections for people with pre-existing health conditions contained in the Affordable Care Act. Read More >

• Press Release: 2017 Voting Record Shows 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 >