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• 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 >

• KFF Health News: Deep Flaws in FDA Oversight of Medical Devices, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits and Records

  December 21, 2023: Living with diabetes, Carlton “PeeWee” Gautney Jr. relied on a digital device about the size of a deck of playing cards to pump insulin into his bloodstream. The pump, manufactured by device maker Medtronic, connected plastic tubing to an insu...Read more >

• KFF Health News: Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits

  November 21, 2023: Assisted living centers have become an appealing retirement option for hundreds of thousands of boomers who can no longer live independently, promising a cheerful alternative to the institutional feel of a nursing home. But their cost is so crushi...Read more >

• Medicare Town Hall

  November 14, 2023: Please join us at Representative Ruben Gallego’s Medicare Town  Hall on Tuesday, November 14 at 5 pm via zoom. If you were unable to make the informative Town Hall, you can watch it here.    ...Read more >

• Arizona Alliance Wins Election Decision in Cochise County

  October 27, 2023: Huge win for Democracy and elections in Arizona! The Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans with Democracy Docket won a challenge by the county to force a hand count of all early voting ballots. This win allows for the continuation of early voting...Read more >

• Arizona’s 2023 Elections

  October 27, 2023: All elections matter! Did you know that Arizona has an election coming up in under two weeks? Remember to vote on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Check out our election page for more information....Read more >

• KFF Health News: Save Billions or Stick With Humira? Drug Brokers Steer Americans to the Costly Choice

  September 21, 2023: Tennessee last year spent $48 million on a single drug, Humira — about $62,000 for each of the 775 patients who were covered by its employee health insurance program and receiving the treatment. So when nine Humira knockoffs, known as biosimilars, ...Read more >

• AARA Story Tellers Needed

  September 08, 2023: The Alliance is seeking new stories about our members who have benefitted or will benefit from the prescription drug provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. We have funds available for $300 per story for up to 30 stories nationally which will be ...Read more >

• Alliance for Retired Americans Media Mentions July 7

  July 08, 2023: Alliance Mentions Federal judge issues injunction against Florida's latest election law, cites discrimination A. G. Gancarski Florida Politics, July 3, 2023 Following a hearing last week, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction target...Read more >

• AARA Biennial Convention

  June 22, 2023:  ...Read more >