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• KFF Health News: Team Trump’s Answer to Ballooning Obamacare Premiums: Less Generous Coverage

  September 17, 2025: Trump administration officials, looking at the possible impact of large insurance premium increases for millions of next year’s Obamacare customers, want more people to consider plans with less generous benefits and high deducti Read More >

• Report: Social Security Benefit Cuts Would Be Devastating for Americans

  September 12, 2025: More than half (56 percent) of Americans surveyed in a new analysis from Nationwide Financial agreed that they would “not be able to survive” if they even lost half of their monthly Social Security payment. The survey showe Read More >

• Americans Struggle to Access COVID Vaccines

  September 12, 2025: HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. has said that Americans who want COVID shots will be able to get them. However, some older Americans have reported going to local pharmacies to receive a COVID vaccine only to discover that Medic Read More >

• HHS Secretary Grilled About Medicaid, CDC Firings, and Vaccines During Contentious Hearing

  September 05, 2025: During a tense hearing on Thursday, members of the Senate Finance Committee pressed HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his position on a number of issues, including Medicare drug price negotiation, vaccine skepticism, recen Read More >

• KFF Health News: Social Security Praises Its New Chatbot. Ex-Officials Say It Was Tested But Shelved Under Biden.

  September 03, 2025: John McGing couldn’t reach a human. That might be business-as-usual in this economy, but it wasn’t business; he had called the Social Security Administration, where the questions often aren’t generic and the callers tend to Read More >

• KFF Health News: Breaking Down Why Medicare Part D Premiums Are Likely To Go Up

  August 15, 2025: Medicare enrollees who buy the optional Part D drug benefit may see substantial premium price hikes — potentially up to $50 a month — when they shop for next year’s coverage. Such drug plans are used by millions of people Read More >

• New Report: Social Security Administration Field Offices Lost An Estimated 20% of Staff This Year

  August 08, 2025: New reporting from Axios detailing the full extent of the Trump Administration’s workforce cuts in Social Security Administration field offices was published Thursday and shows how this is affecting Americans across the country. Read More >

• Winners of the August 1st Drawing of 2025 Calendar Raffle!!!

  August 04, 2025: Winners of the August 1st Drawing!!! Check below to see if you were lucky!!!! 30 Total Prizes Drawn on August 1, 2025 (1) winner for a $100 prize (4) winners for $50 prizes (25) winners for $25 prizes   Read More >

• Save Social Security! Join us for a demonstration! Seven Actions This Summer

  August 03, 2025: The Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans is pleased to announce our Save Social Security actions across Wisconsin this summer following our popular events last year. With Social Security under threat from cuts and privatiza Read More >

• Social Security Administration Struggles to Provide Customer Service Amid Fallout from DOGE Cuts

  July 18, 2025: Months after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) fired thousands of experienced, hardworking Social Security Administration (SSA) workers, the agency is having trouble keeping up with calls to its 1-800 number Read More >