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• AARA Supports Arizonans Right to Vote

  September 08, 2022: Check out the Arizona Voter Registration and Vote-by-Mail information provided by our partners at the Arizona AFL-CIO. This important guide will assist in knowing your rights and how to ensure that you are ready for this year's important election ...Read more >

• Inflation Reduction Act helps Arizona seniors with health care costs

  September 01, 2022: Retirees in Arizona struggle to divide monthly social security payments of $1,667 between rent, food and healthcare bills. Provisions in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act seek to ease some of that budget strain by introducing caps on ra...Read more >

• Voting groups fight to block law that can criminalize Arizona voter registration

  August 29, 2022: PHOENIX (CN) — Voting advocacy groups sued Arizona to block a new law that could criminalize volunteers or organizations who provide registration or voter assistance to individuals registered to vote outside the state. According to the federal ...Read more >

• Lawsuit claims Arizona voter registration law harms low-income, minority voters

  August 29, 2022: A new lawsuit challenges an Arizona law that takes a firm stance against voter fraud by requiring that someone cancels their previous registration before registering in any county in the state. Senate Bill 1260, which takes effect on September 24,...Read more >

• Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, Priorities USA and Voto Latino Challenge Arizona Voter Suppression Law

  August 16, 2022: SB 1260 creates additional avenues to purge voters from the rolls and allows for the further criminalization of voters who attempt to assist those voting by mail. WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, Priorities U...Read more >

• Government Watchdogs Attack Medicare Advantage for Denying Care and Overcharging

  June 30, 2022: Congress should crack down on Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that sometimes deny patients vital medical care while overcharging the government billions of dollars every year, government watchdogs told a House panel Tuesday. Witnesses ...Read more >

• Kaiser Health News: It’s Your Choice: You Can Change Your Views of Aging and Improve Your Life

  April 13, 2022: People’s beliefs about aging have a profound impact on their health, influencing everything from their memory and sensory perceptions to how well they walk, how fully they recover from disabling illness, and how long they live. When aging is...Read more >

• KHN: As Covid Slogs On, Seniors Find Fortitude Waning and Malaise Growing

  February 24, 2022: Late one night in January, Jonathan Coffino, 78, turned to his wife as they sat in bed. “I don’t know how much longer I can do this,” he said, glumly. Coffino was referring to the caution that’s come to define his life during t...Read more >

• New Retiree Voting Record Report Released

  February 17, 2022: Scores Congress on Votes Cast during Pandemic’s Second Year Washington, DC – The Alliance for Retired Americans released its 2021 Congressional Voting Record, which scored each U.S. Senator and Representative on critical retirement security is...Read more >

• Arizona Retiree Leader to Sen. Sinema: Do What it Takes to Protect Our Voting Rights!

  January 18, 2022: Statement by Saundra Cole, President of the Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans, regarding votes in the U.S Senate this week on sidelining the filibuster and passing the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act. “Senate Democrats have the power thi...Read more >