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• Illinois Alliance Joins Citizen Action IL for a Town Hall Tour Around Illinois

  August 24, 2024: Our first two Town Halls on Prescription Drug Affordability were a success! The first one, in the Peoria area, included Sen. Dave Koehler, Rep. Sharon Chung, Dr. Ram Krishnamoorthi, and Ryan Gruenenfelder of AARP IL as panelists. You can tune in...Read more >

• Forget Ringing the Button for the Nurse. Patients Now Stay Connected by Wearing One.

  August 19, 2024: HOUSTON — Patients admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital get a monitoring device about the size of a half-dollar affixed to their chest — and an unwitting role in the expanding use of artificial intelligence in health care. The slender, batte...Read more >

• Report Shows Social Security Expansion Remains Affordable

  August 19, 2024: Democrats Have Plans to Further Strengthen Medicare and Social Security The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the Trustees reports on the Social Security and Medi...Read more >

• Stranded in the ER, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm

  August 19, 2024: Every day, the scene plays out in hospitals across America: Older men and women lie on gurneys in emergency room corridors moaning or suffering silently as harried medical staff attend to crises. Even when physicians determine these patients need ...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Older Women Are Different Than Older Men. Their Health Is Woefully Understudied.

  August 19, 2024: Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving physicians without critically important information about how to best manage their health. Late last year, the Biden administration promised to ...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Older Women Are Different Than Older Men. Their Health Is Woefully Understudied.

  August 19, 2024: Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving physicians without critically important information about how to best manage their health. Late last year, the Biden administration promised to ...Read more >

• KFF Health News – The Concierge Catch: Better Access for a Few Patients Disrupts Care for Many

  August 19, 2024: “You had to pay the fee, or the doctor wasn’t going to see you anymore.” That was the takeaway for Terri Marroquin of Midland, Texas, when her longtime physician began charging a membership fee in 2019. She found out about the change when so...Read more >

• Trump-Vance: Another Step Toward Retirement Insecurity

  August 19, 2024: Selection of J.D. Vance as Vice Presidential Nominee Deepens Fears that Trump Would Cut Social Security, Medicare Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement regarding Donald Trump’s...Read more >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Thanks President Biden for his Service to the Nation

  August 19, 2024: Washington, DC -- Citing President Biden’s record of commitment to seniors throughout his presidency and career in public service, the Alliance for Retired Americans, a national grassroots advocacy organization, today expressed their gratitude for ...Read more >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Enthusiastically Endorses Kamala Harris for President

  August 19, 2024: Washington, DC -- Citing her record of commitment to strengthening retirement security, the Alliance for Retired Americans, a national grassroots advocacy organization, today endorsed Kamala Harris to be President of the United States. The Allianc...Read more >