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December 10, 2021 at 8:36 PM

December 10, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

President Roach Pushes for a Vote on Social Security Expansion at Congressional Hearing Rep. John Larson (CT), House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman, and Alliance President Robert Roach, Jr. urged lawmakers to support H.R. 57…

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December 3, 2021 at 9:24 PM

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Health Officials Urge Booster Shots for Older Americans to Combat Omicron Variant Officials are preparing for another possible surge in COVID-19 infections now that the Omicron variant is circulating and colder winter months approach. President B…

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November 30, 2021 at 3:51 PM

Giving Tuesday: Help Us Expand Social Security

Dear Friend, If you’re like most seniors, your Social Security check doesn’t begin to go far enough and you or someone you love is having trouble paying for their prescription drugs. With an average monthly benefit of just $1,354, too many Social Security beneficia…

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November 26, 2021 at 3:00 PM

November 26, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

The Alliance wishes you and your family a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday week. Biden to Replace Ron Bloom, USPS Board Chair and DeJoy Ally, on Postal Board of Governors President Biden announced that he plans to replace Ron Bloom, …

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November 19, 2021 at 9:01 PM

November 19, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

House Passes Historic Build Back Act that Lowers Drug Prices, Funds Home Care and Hearing Aids The House voted 220-213 to pass the Build Back Better Act, H.R. 5376, Friday morning, sending President Biden’s sweeping plan to invest in middle class…

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November 12, 2021 at 9:07 PM

November 12, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Build Back Better Act Clears Procedural Vote in House, Awaits Next Steps Following the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill last Friday night, Democrats in Congress  passed a key procedural vote to set up eventual passage of the Build Ba…

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November 5, 2021 at 8:51 PM

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House and Senate Leaders Reach Agreement on Legislation to Lower Drug Costs Legislators worked throughout last weekend and announced provisions to lower drug prices and, for the first time, allow Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical corporat…

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October 29, 2021 at 8:52 PM

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President Biden Unveils Framework for Build Back Better Bill On Thursday, President Biden travelled to the Capitol to present a new outline of a framework of a broad legislative package that will provide support to millions of American families. …

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October 22, 2021 at 7:52 PM

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Voting Rights Legislation Blocked Again in Senate Senate Republicans filibustered the Democrats’ voting rights legislation Wednesday, blocking the bill from even being debated. The vote to strengthen voter protections came as several GOP-controll…

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October 15, 2021 at 8:32 PM

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Social Security Benefits Will Increase by Almost 6 Percent in 2022 Social Security beneficiaries, disabled veterans and federal retirees will see their earned benefits increase by 5.9% in January, marking the largest increase in almost four decad…

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October 8, 2021 at 8:31 PM

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Drug Corporations Kick Lobbying into High Gear to Stop Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Millions of dollars in advertising, funded by pharmaceutical corporations and business organizations, are being spent to block President Biden’s Build Back Be…

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October 1, 2021 at 8:21 PM

October 1, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

CEOs Against Medicare Price Negotiation Were Paid $400 Million Collectively Last Year The fight over allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices, and use the savings to expand guaranteed dental, hearing and vision benefits, continued in earn…

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September 24, 2021 at 8:52 PM

September 24, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Fighting for Lower Drug Prices as Debate Heats up in Congress Alliance members in key congressional districts continued their efforts this week to persuade four moderate House Democrats who voted in Committee against allowing Medicare to…

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September 24, 2021 at 8:44 PM

September 24, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Fighting for Lower Drug Prices as Debate Heats up in Congress Alliance members in key congressional districts continued their efforts this week to persuade four moderate House Democrats who voted in Committee against allowing Medicare to…

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September 17, 2021 at 8:31 PM

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Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Proposal Blocked in Committee Democratic Reps. Scott Peters (CA), Kathleen Rice (NY) and Kurt Schrader (OR) cast the deciding votes against allowing Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices Wednesday. The 29-29 tie …

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September 10, 2021 at 7:41 PM

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Texas Alliance Sues Over New Extreme Voting Restrictions The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, Voto Latino, LULAC Texas, and the Texas American Federation of Teachers filed suit Tuesday to block SB 1, Texas’s draconian voting law that is …

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September 3, 2021 at 5:33 PM

September 3, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Texas Legislature Sends Anti-Democratic Voting Legislation to Governor Abbott for Signature Governor Greg Abbott (TX) plans to sign into law legislation in Texas that limits early voting hours, cuts local options for casting ballots, restrict…

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August 27, 2021 at 6:31 PM

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House Passes Budget Resolution Agreement The House passed a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint on Tuesday with a 220-212 party-line vote, paving the way for Democrats to pass a robust spending package that will invest in families, retirees, and s…

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August 20, 2021 at 8:22 PM

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Action Needed: Demand That Your Senators Protect Our Vote The right to vote is under siege, with extremist state legislatures passing dozens of laws to try to keep people from voting. On Tuesd…

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August 13, 2021 at 6:51 PM

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Retirees Applaud President Biden’s Forceful Call for Action to Lower Prescription Drug Prices On Thursday President Biden made remarks from the East Room of the White House to urge  Congress to pass legislation that would allow Medicare to ne…

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August 6, 2021 at 6:30 PM

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Retirees Mourn the Death of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka The 4.4 million members of the Alliance for Retired Americans are united in mourning the untimely death of Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO. He was 72. …

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July 30, 2021 at 6:32 PM

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Alliance Celebrates Medicare’s Birthday with Events from Coast to Coast The Alliance continued to mark Medicare’s July 30 56th birthday this week, calling on Congress to strengthen the program by negotiating lower drug prices. Alliance membe…

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July 23, 2021 at 7:00 PM

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56th Anniversary of Medicare Brings Fight to Lower Drug Prices into High Gear Americans continue to pay the highest prices in the industrialized world for prescription drugs, and as Medicare’s 56th anniversary approaches on July 30, the pharm…

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July 16, 2021 at 6:01 PM

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Senate Democrats Announce Package to Expand Medicare to Include Dental, Hearing and Vision Benefits On Tuesday night, top Senate Democrats came to terms on a blueprint for a massive $3.5 trillion budget resolution to pair with a proposed $60…

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July 9, 2021 at 6:31 PM

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Report Shows Top 14 Drug Corporations Could Easily Afford Medicare Price Negotiation On Thursday, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a press conference with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA…

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July 2, 2021 at 6:32 PM

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New Report Details Patient Advocacy Groups’ Reliance on Big Pharma Donations An explosive new report by Patients For Affordable Drugs found that fifteen prominent patient advocacy groups, including groups that focus on specific diseases or co…

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June 25, 2021 at 4:01 PM

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Schumer Backs Plan to Expand Medicare, Add Dental, Vision, and Hearing Coverage Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (NY) said he backs a proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) to include dental, vision, and hearing coverage in Medicare on Su…

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June 18, 2021 at 5:05 PM

June 18, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

President Roach Urges House Democrats to Expand Social Security On Wednesday Alliance President Robert Roach, Jr. made the case for expanding Social Security benefits during a meeting of the House of Representatives Democrat…

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June 11, 2021 at 6:52 PM

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Drug Prices Rose at Twice the Inflation Rate in 2020 Leading House Democrats this week said they'll try to incorporate the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) — the bill that allows Medicare to directly negotiate reduced medi…

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May 21, 2021 at 7:21 PM

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Hearing Exposes Greed of Drug Corporation AbbVie According to a study released Tuesday by the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee, the pharmaceutical corporation AbbVie has raised prices 470% in the United States for its widely used drugs H…

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May 14, 2021 at 6:20 PM

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For the People Act Advances in the U.S. Senate The Senate Rules Committee has advanced S1, the For the People Act, despite a contentious hearing that produced a deadlocked 9-9 vote along party lines. Under Senate rules, Majority Leader Chuck Schu…

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May 7, 2021 at 7:03 PM

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Florida Alliance Sues State of Florida to Protect Voting Rights Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed a sweeping new voter suppression bill on Thursday that restricts access to the ballot box for millions of voters. As soon as the legislation …

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April 30, 2021 at 7:21 PM

April 30, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

New Congressional Voting Record Report Available The Alliance released its 2020 Congressional Voting Record, which scored each U.S. Senator and Representative on critical retirement security issues this week.   “Almost every member of Congress cl…

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April 27, 2021 at 9:01 PM

Are your members of Congress looking out for you?

Dear Friend, Today we released our 2020 Congressional Voting Record. It scores 10 key votes every U.S. senator and representative took last year that affected your retirement security. Click here to see how your senators and representatives in Washington voted. W…

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April 23, 2021 at 7:21 PM

April 23, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Sen. Romney, Rep. Gallagher Re-Introduce the TRUST Act On Wednesday, Sen. Mitt Romney (UT) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (WI) introduced the “Time to Rescue United States’ Trusts” (TRUST) Act as stand alone bills in the U.S. Senate and House (S.1295 an…

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April 16, 2021 at 7:51 PM

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White House Budget Includes Increased Funding for SSA, Alzheimer’s Research President Biden unveiled his first budget request last Friday, and it calls for $14.2 billion in funding for the Social Security Administration (SSA), an increase of 11% …

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April 9, 2021 at 8:02 PM

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Lobbyists Fight Democratic Proposals on Drug Pricing, Vaccine Access Pharmaceutical corporations are preparing for battle as President Biden considers whether to waive patent protections on vaccines to help other nations fight the coronavirus and…

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April 2, 2021 at 2:01 PM

April 2, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Millions of Social Security Beneficiaries Still Waiting on $1,400 Covid-19 Relief Payments The IRS announced this week that 30 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who are not required to file income taxes …

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March 26, 2021 at 8:01 PM

March 26, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Senior Trump Appointees Remain in Place at Social Security Administration The Social Security Administration's main campus in Woodlawn, Md. The chairs of Social Security subcommittees in the Ho…

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March 19, 2021 at 5:31 PM

March 19, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Xavier Becerra is Confirmed to Lead HHS, Bringing Renewed Hope for Action to Lower Drug Prices Xavier Becerra, who until recently was California’s Attorney General, has been confirmed by the Senate as the next Secretary of the U…

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March 12, 2021 at 9:30 PM

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Biden’s American Rescue Plan Brings $1.9 Trillion in Coronavirus Relief President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act on Thursday, bringing a coronavirus relief package to the nation a year after a pandem…

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February 26, 2021 at 8:31 PM

February 26, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

President Biden Takes Action to Help the Postal Service On Wednesday President Joe Biden nominated three people to serve on the Postal Board of Governors: Ron Stroman, a former deputy postmaster general; Amber McReynolds, chief …

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February 19, 2021 at 9:30 PM

February 19, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

The Alliance is keeping all Texans, particularly seniors, in our thoughts during this past week’s freezing temperatures and related power outages. CBS News has compiled a list of organizations providing relief work if you would like to make a contribution.…

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February 12, 2021 at 9:31 PM

February 12, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Sen. Romney Continues to Threaten Retirement Security During the COVID-19 relief debate last week, the Senate voted 71-29 in favor of an amendment by Sen. Mitt Romney (UT) that paves the way for Social Security and Medicare “Rescue Committees.” T…

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February 5, 2021 at 9:30 PM

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John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO from 1995-2009, is Remembered as a Visionary AFL-CIO President Emeritus John Sweeney passed away on Monday at age 86. A giant of the labor movement, he was revered by millions of Americans as a leader and vi…

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January 29, 2021 at 8:32 PM

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President Biden Moves to Speed up Covid Vaccinations President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that his administration is boosting the weekly supply of vaccines to states and territories over the next three weeks, and that the United States has now s…

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January 22, 2021 at 9:30 PM

January 22, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Hope for End to Coronavirus Pandemic Rises as Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Take Office President Joe Biden immediately got to work on Inauguration Day, signing 17 executive actions and then releasing a detailed plan for fighting the coronavirus pa…

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January 15, 2021 at 10:02 PM

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Biden’s COVID-19 Relief Package Will Accelerate Vaccine Distribution President-elect Biden laid out a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid plan Thursday to improve vaccine distribution, provide direct payments to Americans and assist state and local govern…

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January 11, 2021 at 8:31 PM

REMINDER: Remove President Trump Now

Dear Friend, The details which are emerging about the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week are horrific and chilling. It is clear that President Trump must be removed from office immediately for the safety of the American people and for the good of our democracy. …

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January 8, 2021 at 9:46 PM

January 8, 2021 Friday Alert Retiree News

Sign Our Petition to Remove President Trump from Office NOW On Wednesday, President Donald Trump incited a mob of right-wing extremists who then marched to the U.S. Capitol and attempted to derail the electoral college vote process. These outrage…

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