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April 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM

April 18, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Court Grants Preliminary Injunction and Blocks Access to SSA Systems A federal court granted a preliminary injunction blocking Elon Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) from further accessing sensitive personal data store…

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April 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM

April 11, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

House and Senate Pass Budget Resolution That Calls for Massive Medicaid and Tax Cuts On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the GOP’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget framework, with a 216-214 party-line vote. Only two Republicans, Reps. Victori…

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April 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM

REMINDER: Let's Phone Bank to “Save Social Security”

Take Action to Save Social Security from Elon Musk Dear Friend, I wanted to make sure you knew about our phone bank this week. We’ve got to make sure we keep the pressure on DOGE.   You can help protect Social Security and stop their attempts to dismantle the SSA …

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April 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM

Let's Phone Bank to “Save Social Security”

Take Action to Save Social Security from Elon Musk Dear Friend, Help protect Social Security and stop DOGE’s attempts to dismantle the SSA – from the comfort of your own home! Join our virtual “Stop the Steal - Save Social Security” phone bank at 2:00 PM Eastern Time…

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  Lisa Cutler, Communications Director · [email protected]

April 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Urgent: Protect Social Security – Contact Your Senator Today

Dear Friend, Social Security is a promise we’ve paid into with every paycheck. We earned our guaranteed benefits. Yet that promise is at serious risk today and I’m writing to ask for your help. The current administration has unleashed Elon Musk and his DOGE team on So…

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April 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM

April 4, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Senate May Vote on Frank Bisignano’s Confirmation as SSA Commissioner Next Week The Senate may vote on the confirmation of Frank Bisignano as the next SSA Commissioner as soon as next week.   Concerns have emerged about his testimony before the …

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March 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM

March 28, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Social Security Administration Rolls Back Plan to End Telephone Service for People with Disabilities After Criticism On Wednesday, the Social Security Administration partially reversed its plan to eliminate telephone services and implement an on…

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  Maureen Dunn, Field Mobilization · [email protected]

March 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM

Take Action: Join Our “Save Social Security” Virtual Phone Bank This Week

Dear Friend, If you’re worried about the future of Social Security and DOGE’s attempts to dismantle the SSA, we have a great way to fight back – from the comfort of your own home! Join our first virtual “Stop the Steal - Save Social Security” phone bank at 2:00 PM E…

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March 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM

March 21, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order in Social Security Administration Lawsuit Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander, the judge presiding over the Alliance’s lawsuit against the Social Security Administration (SSA), issued a temporary restraining orde…

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  Lisa Cutler, Communications Director · [email protected]

March 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM

Take Action: Stop the GOP from Gutting Medicaid

Dear Friend, House Republicans passed their budget blueprint last month, and it's even worse than we imagined. That's why we're asking you to join a national Day of Action to Protect Medicaid. The plan cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid and food assistance, adds to the …

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March 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM

March 14, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

New Fact Sheet: Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s Biggest Lies About Social Security This week, the Alliance is releasing a new fact sheet debunking the biggest lies being spread about Social Security by billionaire Elon Musk, President Donald Trump, …

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March 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM

March 7, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

House Democrats Introduce Legislation to Protect Social Security Benefits, Offices, and Workforce On Wednesday, House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member John Larson (CT), Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard Nea…

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February 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM

February 28, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

SSA Offers Buyouts to Staff Ahead of Planned Workforce Reductions and Field Office Closures The Social Security Administration is offering financial incentives of $15,000 to $25,000 to staff who voluntarily resign from the agency before mandated…

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  Richard Fiesta, Executive Director · [email protected]

February 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM

We’re Making Progress in Taking on DOGE and Elon Musk

Dear Friend, I wanted to share an update about two lawsuits the Alliance recently filed to protect older Americans’ sensitive personal and financial data from unwarranted access and disclosure from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). We filed the…

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February 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Action Needed: Stop the House Budget Attacks on Seniors

Dear Friend, As soon as tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a budget that includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for billionaires and corporations and cuts $1.5 trillion in Medicaid and food assistance that millions of Americans rely on. Medicaid pays f…

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February 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM

February 21, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

House of Representatives Will Vote on Budget Resolution That Fast Tracks Massive Medicaid and Tax Cuts Next Week The House of Representatives is set to vote on its Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution next week. The blueprint, unveiled by House Rep…

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February 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM

February 14, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Republicans Release Dueling Budget Blueprints That Call for Massive Cuts to Health Care and Food Assistance On Wednesday, House Republicans unveiled a Fiscal Year 2025 budget resolution. The plan calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and slashing f…

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February 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM

February 7, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Sues Treasury Department to Protect Americans’ Personal and Financial Data On Monday, the Alliance, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) sued the Department of Treasu…

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January 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM

January 31, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Trump Administration Rescinds Memo “Pausing” Federal Grants After Sparking Widespread Panic and Confusion Monday night the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo freezing all federal grants, causing chaos for nonprof…

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January 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM

January 24, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

President Trump Halts Efforts to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Seniors on First Day in Office On Monday President Donald Trump rolled back a Biden administration initiative to lower drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries, ma…

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January 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM

January 17, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

15 New Drugs Selected for 2025 Medicare Price Negotiation On Friday, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a list of 15 new prescription drugs that Medicare will negotiate lower prices for. Under the law, HH…

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January 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM

January 10, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Leadership Attends Social Security Fairness Act Bill Signing Ceremony Bette Marafino,  President of the Connecticut Alliance and Co-Chair of the National WEP/GPO Repeal Task Force, introduced Pres…

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January 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM

January 3, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

President Biden to Sign Social Security Fairness Act into Law on Monday President Biden is scheduled to sign the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, into law at the White House on January 6. The event is the culmination of dec…

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December 27, 2024 at 3:02 PM

December 27, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

GOP Lawmakers Prepare to Slash Social Security and Medicare A growing number of Republican lawmakers are openly calling for Congress to cut earned Social Security and Medicare benefits in 2025.    Earlier this month, Rep. Rich Mc…

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December 20, 2024 at 5:46 PM

December 20, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

After Cloture Vote in Senate, Alliance Members Call for Final Passage of Social Security Fairness Act Legislation to restore Social Security benefits to millions of Americans cleared a key procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on …

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December 13, 2024 at 8:16 PM

December 13, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Schumer Promises Floor Vote at Rally for Social Security Fairness Act Alliance leaders and members joined a rally on Capitol Hill with the FOP, IAFF, AFSCME, AFT, NEA, AFL-CIO, and NARFE calling for the Senate to vote on and appr…

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December 6, 2024 at 8:30 PM

December 6, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Elon Musk and Sen. Mike Lee Declare War on Social Security Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) attacked the Social Security benefits Americans have earned over a lifetime of work on Monday by releasing a blueprint for the destruction of the pro…

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November 29, 2024 at 2:01 PM

November 29, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Trump Selects Lori Chavez-DeRemer to Lead Labor Department, Russell Vought to Lead OMB President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to head the U.S. Department of Labor. Chavez-DeRemer, who lost the contest fo…

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November 22, 2024 at 7:16 PM

November 22, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

President-elect Trump Chooses Dr. Oz to Run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services President-elect Donald Trump has selected Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency in ch…

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  Richard Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans · [email protected]

November 22, 2024 at 4:02 PM

ALERT: Important Social Security Bill Reaches the Senate!

Dear Friend, For decades, more than two million public sector workers have not received all of the retirement benefits they earned because of two harmful provisions in the Social Security Act. However, beneficiaries recently got one step closer to correcting this injust…

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November 15, 2024 at 9:16 PM

November 15, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance/AFL-CIO Symposium Addresses the Looming Retirement Security Crisis The Alliance and the AFL-CIO held their annual Retiree Security Symposium, The Looming Retirement Security Crisis, on Wednesday at AFL-CIO headquarters …

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November 8, 2024 at 8:46 PM

November 8, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Donald Trump is Elected President of the United States Again Donald Trump will return to the White House following Tuesday's elections, winning key states including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Republicans have also take…

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November 1, 2024 at 8:16 PM

November 1, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Seniors Can Trust Kamala Harris — See Who Else You Can Trust with Your Vote With Election Day this Tuesday, the Alliance has done the research and endorsed more than 260 candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives…

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October 25, 2024 at 10:16 PM

October 25, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Donald Trump’s Plans Cut $2.3 Trillion from Social Security A new digital television ad asks older voters if electing Donald Trump is worth losing 33% of their earned Social Security benefits. The ad was released Friday by Retire…

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October 18, 2024 at 5:01 PM

October 18, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Wisconsin Alliance Calls Out GOP Senate Candidate Eric Hovde for Wanting to Raise the Retirement Age, Hosts Power Lunch Members of the Wisconsin Alliance and young workers held a joint news conference on Monday to call out GOP Se…

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October 11, 2024 at 7:01 PM

October 11, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Praises Vice President Harris’ New Medicare Home Care Plan for Seniors On Tuesday, Vice President Harris proposed establishing a new home care benefit through Medicare to help families afford the cost of caring for seni…

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October 4, 2024 at 6:30 PM

October 4, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Vice Presidential Debate: Tim Walz Makes Clear That Kamala Harris is the Only Candidate Who Has Lowered Drug Prices and Made Health Care More Affordable When Vice presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz faced off in New Yor…

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September 27, 2024 at 7:30 PM

September 27, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Retired Americans PAC Launches Ads in Five Key House Races Retired Americans PAC, the independent political arm of the Alliance, has launched five new digital ads in key battleground House races across the country. The 30-second …

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September 20, 2024 at 7:00 PM

September 20, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Some Republicans are Already Planning to Repeal Medicare Drug Price Negotiation if They Win in November Multiple high-ranking Congressional Republicans have told Axios they want to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA’s) Med…

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  Alliance for Retired Americans · [email protected]

September 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM

You're Invited: Sunday Webinar About How to Make Sure Your Vote is Counted

Dear Friend, Learn how to make sure your ballot is protected this November at a special webinar with civil rights and election experts. Please join Seniors for Harris-Walz tomorrow, September 15, 2024 at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT for this special event. Please click here t…

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September 13, 2024 at 7:46 PM

September 13, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Vice President Harris Highlights Need to Lower Drug Prices During Presidential Debate “Last night’s presidential debate proved that the health and well-being of older Americans are only on the mind of one candidate for president:…

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September 6, 2024 at 8:00 PM

September 6, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Vice President Harris, Governor Walz Celebrate Labor Day with Promise to Fight for Union Members, Retirees Democratic nominee for President Kamala Harris spoke about the power of solidarity during a Labor Day speech Monday in Det…

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August 30, 2024 at 5:01 PM

August 30, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Labor Day: Union Approval Rating Continues to Skyrocket A new Gallup poll shows that union approval is at its second-highest level in almost 60 years. 70 percent of Americans reported having favorable view…

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August 23, 2024 at 5:30 PM

August 23, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Joyfully Accept Nominations to be President, Vice President Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz accepted the Democratic party’s nomination to be President and Vice President at the Democratic Na…

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August 16, 2024 at 7:46 PM

August 16, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

White House Announces New Prices for First Ten Drugs Subject to Medicare Negotiation Alliance President Robert Roach, Jr., and Executive Director Richard Fiesta were with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday at an event i…

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August 9, 2024 at 9:00 PM

August 9, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Senators Brown and Collins Urge Senate Leadership to Bring the Social Security Fairness Act to the Floor This week Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Mino…

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August 2, 2024 at 8:46 PM

August 2, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Protests Trump’s Project 2025 Efforts to Slash Medicare Benefits Holding signs that said “No Project 2025, Keep Medicare Alive” and “Forget Trump-Vance, Give Seniors a Chance,” Alliance members marked the 59th anniversary of Medicare wit…

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July 26, 2024 at 7:46 PM

July 26, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Thanks President Biden for his Service to the Nation Following his decision not to seek reelection, the Alliance joined dozens of labor unions, organizations and elected leaders in expressing heartfelt gratitude to President Joe Biden fo…

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July 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM

July 19, 2024 Friday Alert Retiree News

Media Watchdogs Refute GOP's Lies about Undocumented Immigrants, Medicare and Social Security The 2024 Republican party platform, largely created by former President Donald Trump, is promising many things to America’s seniors. However, it rarely …

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  Richard Fiesta · [email protected]

July 16, 2024 at 3:51 PM

You're Invited: Rock ‘N Doo-Wop Virtual Event July 17

Dear Friend, For more than 50 years, the Older Americans Act (OAA) has helped millions of Americans as they age. It funds thousands of senior centers, nutritious meals and transportation while helping seniors stay active and engaged. Please join us tomorrow for a s…

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