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December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM

December 12, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Leader Stresses Importance of Strengthening Social Security and Expanding Access to Pensions at Senate Hearing On Wednesday, Alliance Executive Director Richard Fiesta testified at a hearing entit…

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  Richard Fiesta, Executive Director · [email protected]

December 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM

🚨SSA is Under Attack! 🚨

Dear Friend, Yes, you read that right. The Administration wants to push services online and slash in person traffic to Social Security Administration field offices next year by 50 percent – that would be 15 million fewer visits a year! Rep. John Larson (CT) ha…

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December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM

December 5, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Administration Wants to Cut the Number of Visits to Social Security Field Offices in Half and Force Beneficiaries to Get Help Online There are more Social Security beneficiaries now than at any other time in history, straining an already under-r…

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November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM

November 28, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Report: Social Security Provides a Significant Boost to State and Local Economies Social Security’s economic impact continued to rise in 2023, according to a new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) entitled “Quantify…

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November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM

November 21, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

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

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November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM

November 14, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Annual Retirement Security Symposium is Wednesday On Wednesday, November 19, the Alliance will host its annual Retirement Security Symposium from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, DC.   The event …

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November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM

November 7, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Annual Retirement Security Symposium is Less Than Two Weeks Away There are only twelve more days until our annual Retiree Security Symposium on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at AFL-CIO headquarter…

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October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM

October 31, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Last Day for In Person Registration: Alliance Annual Retirement Security Symposium is on November 19 There’s only one more day left to register to attend our annual Retiree Security Symposium, The Looming Retirement Security Cris…

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October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM

October 24, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Officials Announce 2.8% COLA Increase for Social Security Beneficiaries The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding the announcement that there will be…

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October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM

October 17, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Medicare Open Enrollment Begins Amid Uncertainty and Rising Costs for Seniors The period for Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in new plans or change their coverage began this Wednesday and continues through December 7. Beneficiar…

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October 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM

October 10, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

New Details: Officials from AFL-CIO and Congress Will Speak at the Alliance’s Annual Retirement Security Symposium on November 19 We have confirmed new speakers for our annual Retiree Security Symposium, The Looming Retirement S…

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October 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM

October 3, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Health Care Cuts Loom As Government Shutdown Begins On Wednesday, the federal government officially shut down after Congress failed to pass a funding bill. House Republicans passed a so-called “clean” funding bill that would have…

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September 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM

September 26, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

SSA Workers and Beneficiaries Feel the Strain Amid Administration Changes Social Security Administration (SSA) workers and beneficiaries are struggling amid turmoil caused by changes from the Administration, according to prelimi…

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September 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM

September 19, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Republicans, Democrats Release Separate Plans to Keep Government Open With just 11 days to pass legislation to keep the government open, Congressional Republicans and Democrats are far from reaching an agreement. Republicans had…

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September 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM

September 12, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Report: Social Security Benefit Cuts Would Be Devastating for Americans More than half (56 percent) of Americans surveyed in a new analysis from Nationwide Financial agreed that they would “not be able to survive” if they even lo…

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September 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM

September 5, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

HHS Secretary Grilled About Medicaid, CDC Firings, and Vaccines During Contentious Hearing During a tense hearing on Thursday, members of the Senate Finance Committee pressed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kenned…

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August 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM

August 29, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

New Report of DOGE Operatives Mishandling Americans’ SSA Data Emerges In June, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) operatives uploaded a copy of a Social Security Administration (SSA) database to a cloud server without pro…

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August 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM

August 22, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

CBO: Republican Tax Law Will Trigger Medicare Cuts Unless Congress Acts The recently passed Republican tax and budget law will automatically slash $491 billion from Medicare between 2027 and 2034 unless Congress takes action, ac…

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August 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM

August 15, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Alliance Members Demand Action to Protect Social Security on its 90th Anniversary Alliance members continued to hold “Save Social Security” events with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and other labor allies…

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August 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM

August 8, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

New Report: Social Security Administration Field Offices Lost An Estimated 20% of Staff This Year New reporting from Axios detailing the full extent of the Trump Administration’s workforce cuts in Social Security Administration f…

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August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM

August 1, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Bessent Reveals Trump Accounts are a “Backdoor” to Privatizing Social Security On Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that “Trump Accounts” created by the Republican budget bill are a “backdoo…

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July 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM

July 25, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

UnitedHealth Confirms It Is Under Investigation for Medicare Billing Malpractices as House Committee Holds a Medicare Advantage Hearing  On Thursday, July 24, UnitedHealth revealed that they are facing an investigation from the U.S. Department o…

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July 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM

July 18, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

As the Older Americans Act Turns 60, Future of Programs Seniors Rely On Are Under Siege Last week marked the 60th anniversary of the Older Americans Act (OAA). On July 14, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law. Now, at a time when …

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

July 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM

ALERT: Act Now to Save Social Security

Dear Friend, This is exactly the kind of thing we were afraid of when Elon Musk’s DOGE laid off thousands of experienced, hardworking Social Security Administration workers. And now it’s clear – the DOGE and Trump Administration cuts are making it harder for Amer…

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July 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM

July 11, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

SSA Commissioner Sends Misleading Email to Millions of Americans, Buries a Correction Online Days Later Last week, Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Frank Bisignano sent an email praising the passage of the Republican tax and budg…

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July 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM

July 4, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

President Trump Signs Budget and Tax Bill That Guts Health Care Millions of Older Americans Rely On to Pad Pockets of the Ultra-Wealthy The Republican Budget Reconciliation bill was signed into law on Friday morning. The law includes the largest …

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June 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM

June 27, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Social Security Administration Quietly Removes Customer Service Data Before Commissioner Testifies The Social Security Administration (SSA) stopped posting customer service performance metrics on its website, according to a new report from The W…

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June 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM

June 20, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

New Report Shows How Medicaid Cuts Will Increase Cost of Healthcare for All Americans A new AFL-CIO report finds that Senate Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill, which includes major Medicaid cuts, will increase healthcare costs — for everyon…

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June 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM

June 13, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Senate Republicans Continue to Shape Budget Bill In Race to Meet July 4 Deadline Senators continued working at a breakneck pace to put its stamp on President Trump’s budget and tax plan passed by the House of Representatives. The version of the p…

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June 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM

June 6, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Senate Republicans Look to Slash Medicare As Budget Bill Talks Continue During a closed-door meeting at the White House on Thursday, Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee floated the idea of cutting Medicare to offset the enormous ta…

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May 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM

May 30, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Social Security Phone Service Changes Will Create Unnecessary Burdens The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)’s Social Security phone service restrictions will make it harder for seniors to access customer service support, according to new…

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May 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM

May 23, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

House Passes One Big, Brutal Budget Bill — Seniors' Health and Security at Risk In the early hours of Thursday morning, House Republicans narrowly passed their budget proposal, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1), by a vote of 215-214. The …

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May 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM

We’ll Pay the Price for their “Big Brutal Bill"

Dear Friend, Republicans are trying to pull the wool over our eyes about their budget plan, but we know the truth: they want to slash food assistance and Medicaid and give billions in unneeded tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans. Make no mist…

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May 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM

May 16, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

GOP Budget and Tax Plan Advances in the House of Representatives The House of Representatives moved closer to a final vote on its so-called “big, beautiful bill” tax and spending plan this week. As of today, the plan calls for $715 billion in c…

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May 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM

May 9, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Senate Confirms Frank Bisignano as SSA Commissioner Despite Controversy Over His DOGE Connections, Lack of Relevant Experience The Senate confirmed Frank Bisignano to head the Social Security Administration (SSA) along party lines on Tuesday, wit…

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May 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM

May 2, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Appeals Court Blocks DOGE’s Access to Social Security Records The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals voted 9-6 on Wednesday to maintain a block on the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to sensitive Social Security records. The ruling …

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April 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM

April 25, 2025 Friday Alert Retiree News

Senate Democrats Call for Investigation into DOGE’s Social Security Cuts Senate Democrats Call for Investigation into DOGE’s Social Security Cuts Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, along with Senators Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, Kirsten Gilli…

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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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  Maureen Dunn, Field Mobilization · [email protected]

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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