Retirement Security

• Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans Celebrates the Passage of the Social Security Fairness Act

  December 24, 2024: Illinois retirees and future retirees are celebrating the news of the US Senate passage of H.R. 82 Social Security Fairness Act. We applaud the bipartisan support for this legislation that was decades in the making, and urge President Biden to sign t...Read more >

• Elon Musk, Sen. Mike Lee Declare War on Social Security

  December 14, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) and Elon Musk’s attack on the Social Security benefits Americans have earned over a lifetime of work....Read more >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Endorses Senator Jon Tester, Names Him 2024 Retiree Hero

  December 14, 2024: “From taking on the big pharmaceutical companies to save Montanans money on their prescription drugs, to relentlessly defending our hard-earned retirements, Jon Tester never shies away from a fight.”   BILLINGS, MT - Members of the All...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 >

• 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 >

• 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 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 >

• KFF Health News: Lack of Affordability Tops Older Americans’ List of Health Care Worries

  July 11, 2024: What weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? The cost of services and therapies, and their ability to pay. “It’s on our minds a whole lot because of our age and because everything keeps getting more expens...Read more >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Enthusiastically Endorses Joe Biden for Reelection

  January 30, 2024: Washington, DC -- Citing President Biden’s record of commitment to retirement security for every American, the Alliance for Retired Americans, a national grassroots advocacy organization, today endorsed Joe Biden for reelection as President and Kam...Read more >

• Older Americans Month: Aging Unbound in Illinois

  May 24, 2023: Each May, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) leads the nationwide observance of Older Americans Month. The Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, along with our National Alliance, other state chapters, and the Department of Aging, along ...Read more >