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• 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 regard 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 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 St Read More >

• Seniors From Around the Country Unite Against GOP and Trump’s Project 2025 Efforts to Slash Benefits

  August 19, 2024: Washington, DC – On the 59th anniversary of Medicare being signed into law, members of the Alliance for Retired Americans from across the country convened on Capitol Hill to spotlight the dangers posed to Medicare by Trump's Pro Read More >

• Retirees Express Appreciation for Lower Drug Prices Due to the Inflation Reduction Act

  August 19, 2024: The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the White House’s announcement of new details about Medicare drug price negotiations: “Today’s anno 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 Read More >

• KFF Health News: The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

  March 27, 2024: Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when she slipped and fell on a patch of black ice. Pain shot through her left knee and ankle. After summoning her husband on her phone, with difficul Read More >

• New Retiree Voting Record Released

  March 11, 2024: Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans released its 2023 Congressional Voting Record, which scored each U.S. Senator and Representative on critical retirement security issues, today. “Almost every member of Con 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 >

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

  January 07, 2021: 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 former insurance agent Read More >