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• Texas Retirees Screen and Endorse Candidates

  August 30, 2026: On July 22, the Dallas Chapter of Texas Alliance for Retired Americans was the first of seven  to announce endorsements. All federal endorsements are done by our national organization, but we already knew about congressional cand Read More >

• Texas Alliance for Retired Americans Demands Answers and Condemns Paxton Campaign’s Support for Social Security Privatization

  August 21, 2026: AUSTIN, TX — The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans condemns and demands answers in light of recent reports that U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton’s campaign supports privatizing Social Security, letting Wall Street and billi Read More >

• Tell Your Members of Congress to Vote NO on Any “Fiscal Commission” Legislation

  August 18, 2026: If Congress fails to act, the Social Security Trust Fund will only be able to pay about 78 percent of scheduled benefits, starting in 2032. This would result in a 22 percent benefit cut for beneficiaries, a nearly $500 a month cut Read More >

• Alliance Members Push for Action to Protect and Strengthen Social Security as Financial Shortfall Looms

  August 14, 2026: Today is the 91st anniversary of the Social Security Act, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law on August 14, 1935. 74 million Americans receive monthly Social Security benefits, including nearly 58 million older A Read More >

• KFF Health News: Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution

  August 11, 2026: (Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role in solving rural America’s health challenges. Health secretary Robe Read More >

• Let’s Celebrate! Let’s Fight!

  July 30, 2026: July 30th is the 61st anniversary of Medicare/Medicaid. When President Johnson signed it, he credited the National Committee for Senior Citizens with getting the legislation passed. The NCSC was superseded by our Alliance for Reti Read More >

• KFF Health News: Trump’s Personnel Agency Says It Will Remove Some Identifying Info as It Sweeps Up Medical Records

  July 22, 2026: The Trump administration is forging ahead with a controversial plan to collect the medical records of millions of federal workers and retirees, as well as their family members. The Office of Personnel Management said in a notic Read More >

• KFF Health News: Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees on Medicaid

  July 15, 2026: As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to publicly name the largest companies that have employees enrolle Read More >

• KFF Health News: Thousands of Medicare Beneficiaries Thought Their Drug Plan Was Free. Then They Lost It.

  July 07, 2026: Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, live in rural Minnesota until temperatures dip below freezing, when they take refuge in Arizona for the winter. While away, their mail is forwarded. But Pare, 77, said he didn’t receive any Read More >

• KFF Health News: Medicare Advantage Company Pays $342M to Government in Midst of Billing Probe

  June 26, 2026: A major Medicare Advantage company has paid the government more than $342 million to help settle allegations that it overcharged the federal healthcare program for years. Elevance Health, which covers about 2 million people on Read More >