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Will Ask Members Tough Questions About Plans to Raise the Medicare Eligibility Age and End Guaranteed Health Benefits Washington, DC – This week, as Senators and Members of Congress return to their home districts, members of the Alliance for Retired Americans are using a variety of tactics to tell their elected representatives that they DO
Read moreAnother Tax Giveaway for the Wealthiest Americans The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to the release of the House Republicans’ bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “After seven years Republicans have finally shown us what their repeal of Obamacare looks like. It
Read moreAmericans for decades have planned to live the American Dream in retirement through the three-legged stool of pensions, savings and Social Security. This dream has been threatened by wage stagnation, low interest rates, and corporate America’s attack on defined benefit pension plans. It has been further eroded by the Republican Party’s constant rhetoric about “entitlement
Read moreBelow is a statement from Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, on the Congressional Budget Office score of the American Health Care Act. “The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the Trump-Price-Ryan plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act confirms our worst suspicions about this bill. “This bill will make Americans
Read moreRaids Medicare Reduces the solvency of the Medicare trust fund by 4 years by repealing the .09% payroll tax for high earners (individuals earning $200,000 and couples earning $250,000). Guts Medicaid Cuts $880 billion from Medicaid by changing the Medicaid payment structure from unlimited federal match to a per capita cap. Cuts of this magnitude
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