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• Iowa Republicans fail to uphold promises of Older Americans Act

  July 20, 2020:   President Lyndon Johnson signed the Older Americans Act into law on July 14, 1965. It responded to the need for community services, evidence-based health promotion, disease prevention programs, civic engagement, and elder justice for senior...Read more >

• Miller-Meeks touts Trump’s unproven anti-malarial drug

  July 20, 2020:   This week we celebrated the 55th anniversary of the Older Americans Act (OAA). The OAA funds many social service programs that keep older adults healthy and independent. Important pieces of this legislation include evidence...Read more >

• Iowa, National Republicans Failing Seniors Amid The Pandemic

  July 20, 2020:   On July 14, 1965, the Older Americans Act (OAA) was signed into law. It responded to the need for community services, evidence-based health promotion, disease prevention programs, civic engagement, and elder justice for senior citizens. Ame...Read more >

• Ernst is Owned by Big Pharma Donors

  July 13, 2020: It is so upsetting to me to know that Big Pharma giants like Gilead are donating to Joni Ernst's reelection bid. She has accepted thousands of dollars from Big Pharma donors this cycle, according to Kaiser Health News. While Ernst votes to give gi...Read more >

• The Pandemic is Ruining the Quality of Life for Iowa Seniors – Mike McCarthy, Iowa Alliance President

  July 06, 2020:   As the COVID-19 pandemic rages in America, older Americans face extraordinary risks. In fact, eighty percent of coronavirus deaths in America are people over the age of 65. But despite that fact, Donald Trump and his Republican allies have ne...Read more >

• Sue Vogel – ACA Impact on Seniors

  July 06, 2020:   On June 25th, Trump’s Department Of Justice (DOJ) and Republican-led states are submitting their briefs in support of California v. Texas, the lawsuit seeking to strike down the ACA. If President Trump and Republicans have their way, 20 m...Read more >

• Iowa ARA VP Kay Pence – Pandemic Exposes Need for Lower Drug Prices & Reigning in Big Pharma

  June 08, 2020:   Finally, some good health care news. The American Society of Clinical Oncology recently reported that there were fewer cancer deaths in states that expanded health care through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). They compared cancer deaths in 2...Read more >

• Senator Joni Ernst’s Anti-Retiree Voting Record

  May 20, 2020:   Shame on Senator Joni Ernst who earned a 20% score on retiree issues for 2019. We will remember this.   The Alliance for Retired Americans’ annual voting record scores every U.S. Representative and Senator on issues affect...Read more >

• Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans Seeks Investigation of Jaguar Health’s Price Gouging on Drug Used to Treat HIV Symptoms

  May 19, 2020:   Honorable Iowa Attorney General Tim Miller Office of the Attorney General of Iowa Hoover State Office Building 1305 E. Walnut Street Des Moines IA 50319 May 14th. 2020 Dear Attorney General Miller, There has been increased at...Read more >

• Jerry Hageman – Ernst Still Has a Ways to Go – Letter To The Editor

  May 18, 2020: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, a retired military colonel, serving her first term, has come a long way from Red Oak since 1970. I also applaud her service as county auditor and state senator and am sure she has all Iowans' interests at heart. I live and work...Read more >