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• Retiree Group Endorses Kirsten Engel for Election to U.S. House

  September 18, 2024: Cites Her Commitment to Protecting and Expanding Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits Tucson, AZ - The Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced its endorsement of Kirsten Engel in the Democratic primary for Arizona’s 6th Congres...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 getting more expens...Read more >

• Retiree Group Endorses Marlene Galán-Woods in Primary for Election to U.S. House

  July 11, 2024: Cites Her Commitment to Protecting and Expanding Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits Scottsdale, AZ - The Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced its endorsement of Marlene Galán-Woods in the Democratic primary for Arizona’s ...Read more >

• Retiree Group Endorses Ruben Gallego for the U.S. Senate

  May 20, 2024: Cites His Commitment to Expanding and Protecting Earned Social Security and Medicare Benefits Phoenix - Members of the Alliance for Retired Americans proudly announced their endorsement of Ruben Gallego for election to the U.S. Senate from Arizo...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 difficulty she made it back ...Read more >

• AARA Celebrates Women in Organized Labor

  March 05, 2024: RSVP here...Read more >

• Join Representative Travers, AARA and Keep AZ Blue Student Coalition for a Conversation on Climate

  February 12, 2024: Please RSVP here.  ...Read more >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Enthusiastically Endorses Joe Biden for Reelection

  January 30, 2024: Washington, DC -- Citing President Biden’s record of commitment to retirement security for every American, the Alliance for Retired Americans, a national grassroots advocacy organization, today endorsed Joe Biden for reelection as President and Kam...Read more >

• House Budget Committee Advances “Fiscal Commission” Legislation

  January 19, 2024: On Thursday, the House Budget Committee approved three pieces of legislation that pave the way for cuts to Social Security and Medicare: the Fiscal Commission Act (H.R. 5779), the Fiscal State of the Nation Act (H.R. 6952), and the Debt-to-GDP Transp...Read more >

• KFF Health News: America’s Health System Isn’t Ready for the Surge of Seniors With Disabilities

  January 17, 2024: The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades ahead, as baby boomers enter their 70s, 80s, an...Read more >