Headlines: Iowa Senator Offers a Glimpse Behind the Curtain of GOP Social Security Schemes; Pharma Executives are Donating Generously to Influential GOP Senators; Growing Numbers of Seniors Are Struggling to Pay for Food; PropertyShark Ex…

Dear Friend, I thought I’d heard it all. But then came news from Iowa today. Senator Joni Ernst was asked a question about Social Security by a constituent. She responded that Congress should "sit down behind closed doors" and "fix" Social Security. That’s outrageous, …

Headlines: Dark Money Ad Campaign Seeks to Prevent Medicare from Negotiating Drug Prices; More Americans Lack Health Insurance; Monday is Labor Day; Obituary: Harold Gullett Dark Money Ad Campaign Seeks to Prevent Medicare from Negotiating Drug…

Headlines: Wyoming Senator: Trump Talked About Cutting Social Security and Medicare if Re-elected; Alliance Members and Allies Call on Congress to Put “People Over Pharma Profits”; Pharmaceutical Corporation Announces New $59,000 Arthritis Biologic…

Dear Friend, Prescription drug prices are STILL going through the roof. Yesterday it was revealed that a promising new rheumatoid arthritis drug is coming onto the market. The catch -- it will cost $59,000 a year!!! That’s nuts. That’s why we need you to take a mo…

Dear Friend, Nearly 1 in 4 Americans say that they didn’t fill a prescription in the last 12 months because they can’t afford it. Meanwhile the pharmaceutical corporations are raking in billions in profits. They are literally spending millions on lobbyists and campaign …

Headlines: Alliance Commemorates Social Security’s 84th Anniversary; Action Needed: Tell Your Legislator to Put People Over Pharma Profits; Medicare Recipients Sue to Appeal “Observation Status” Coverage Gaps; Richard Fiesta Addresses A. Philip Ran…

Headlines: Alliance Chapters Celebrate Anniversaries, Salute Retiree Heroes; Eliminating Pensions for State Employees Costs Taxpayers More; Discrimination Contributed to Purging of Americans from Voter Rolls; Rhode Island and Virginia Alliances Hol…

Headlines: As Prescription Drug Prices Soar, Medicare and Medicaid Celebrate Anniversary; Alliance Members Cautiously Optimistic About Forthcoming Drug Reimportation Plan; Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on NAFTA 2.0; Richard Fiesta on the 2…

Dear Friend, 54 years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law. Since then, generations of older Americans have had access to guaranteed affordable health care coverage. The single largest expense Medicare helps cover for its beneficiaries is p…

Headlines: In Significant Win for Retirees and Workers, Butch Lewis Act Passes House; Alliance Member Catherine Easterling Speaks Out on Drug Prices; Bridging Intergenerational Divides: Millennials Benefit from Social Security; Administration …

Dear Friend, It’s been a decade since the federal minimum wage was increased. The current minimum wage is just $7.25 an hour even though the cost of living is at an all-time high. A $15 minimum wage would give 40 million workers -- including 5.8 million Americans ove…

Dear Friend, One in four Americans believes they will never be able to stop working, according to a recent survey. But Fox News doesn’t care. This week the conservative network gave airtime to a guest who claimed that it’s a “great blessing” that people today don’t ha…

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Thank you for signing up for news from the Alliance for Retired Americans. Below is your first edition of our weekly newsletter with information on retirement security and related issues. Headlines: Speaker Pelosi’s Plan Would Extend Drug Price Protectio…