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Medicare
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‘Hobnobbing With Billionaires in Davos,’ Trump Admits—If Reelected—He Will Seek to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare
January 23, 2020: "It'll be toward the end of the year," Trump said from Davos, Switzerland. "And at the right time, we will take a look at that. You know, that's actually the easiest of all things, if you look, cause it's such a big percentage." Read More >
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Medicare Fraudsters Now Tap Telemedicine In Medical Equipment Scams
October 18, 2019: By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News OCTOBER 9, 2019 (Hannah Norman/KHN illustration; Getty Images) Dean Ernest had been living in a nursing home about a year when his son, John, got a call last winter asking if his Read More >
Medicaid
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Medicaid covers nearly 104 million medical visits, but that may soon change
January 31, 2018: by JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News Kaiser Health News is a national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. EVERETT, Wash. — Unable to walk or talk, barely able to Read More >
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GOP’s Latest Health Care Plan Takes Aim at Americans with Pre-existing Conditions While Protecting Members of Congress and Staff
April 26, 2017: Still Contains the Unsavory Parts of the Previous Attempt at “Reform” The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, in response to media reports on the House Read More >
Social Security
Fair Trade
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Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Speech
January 13, 2016: President's Last State of the Union Speech has Strong Implications for Social Security, Medicare and Pensions Retirees Remain Apprehensive about Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal Robert Roach, Jr., President of Read More >
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Living Below The Line: Economic Insecurity Among Iowa’s Elders
January 04, 2016: Iowa elders face an array of economic security challenges—rising food, health care and housing costs, long-term care needs, a soft labor market and others. To better capture and understand the challenges faced by Iowa’s senior Read More >
State Issues
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Living Below The Line: Economic Insecurity Among Iowa’s Elders
January 04, 2016: Iowa elders face an array of economic security challenges—rising food, health care and housing costs, long-term care needs, a soft labor market and others. To better capture and understand the challenges faced by Iowa’s senior Read More >