Alliance for Retired Americans
@retiredams.bsky.social
A national organization that fights for retirement security and advocates for seniors and retirees. 4.4 million retirees strong and growing.
https://retiredamericans.org/
https://retiredamericans.org/
By the time the wealthiest Americans get their first paycheck this year, they'll have finished paying into Social Security until 2027. It's time for Congress to #ScrapTheCap and make sure everyone pays their fair share!
January 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
By the time the wealthiest Americans get their first paycheck this year, they'll have finished paying into Social Security until 2027. It's time for Congress to #ScrapTheCap and make sure everyone pays their fair share!
🚨 Things that are going up? Among other things, the average retirement age and Medicare premiums. Find out more about the latest predictions for seniors in 2026.
📰: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/business/retirement-savings-2026.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.Fbvh.mAXaWDJQuJHo&smid=url-share
📰: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/business/retirement-savings-2026.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.Fbvh.mAXaWDJQuJHo&smid=url-share
January 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
🚨 Things that are going up? Among other things, the average retirement age and Medicare premiums. Find out more about the latest predictions for seniors in 2026.
📰: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/business/retirement-savings-2026.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.Fbvh.mAXaWDJQuJHo&smid=url-share
📰: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/business/retirement-savings-2026.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.Fbvh.mAXaWDJQuJHo&smid=url-share
With a new year comes new questions, but we have one remaining from 2026: What are we supposed to do when long term care facilities shut down due to Medicaid cuts?
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
With a new year comes new questions, but we have one remaining from 2026: What are we supposed to do when long term care facilities shut down due to Medicaid cuts?
💪 One concrete resolution for 2026 is keeping Social Security field offices open and making sure they are fully staffed. Help us make it a reality by telling Congress to intervene at the link in the comments!
January 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM
💪 One concrete resolution for 2026 is keeping Social Security field offices open and making sure they are fully staffed. Help us make it a reality by telling Congress to intervene at the link in the comments!
🗞️ 2026 is going to be a big year in news for older Americans, and you don't want to miss a story. Don't wait — sign up for our Friday Alert newsletter now!
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January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🗞️ 2026 is going to be a big year in news for older Americans, and you don't want to miss a story. Don't wait — sign up for our Friday Alert newsletter now!
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The wealthiest Americans have already stopped paying into Social Security for the rest of the year. We're still in single-digit days of January.
This isn't right. It's past time for Congress to #ScrapTheCap!
This isn't right. It's past time for Congress to #ScrapTheCap!
January 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The wealthiest Americans have already stopped paying into Social Security for the rest of the year. We're still in single-digit days of January.
This isn't right. It's past time for Congress to #ScrapTheCap!
This isn't right. It's past time for Congress to #ScrapTheCap!
🚨 A new report finds that average phone wait times at the SSA are longer than what the agency has reported. Congress needs to intervene and demand the FULL STAFFING retirees need and deserve!
Learn more: https://ow.ly/kT8350XQqF5
Learn more: https://ow.ly/kT8350XQqF5
SSA phone wait times longer than publicly reported metrics, per OIG report
The agency’s “average speed of answer” metric masks longer call wait times, according to data in a recent OIG report.
ow.ly
January 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🚨 A new report finds that average phone wait times at the SSA are longer than what the agency has reported. Congress needs to intervene and demand the FULL STAFFING retirees need and deserve!
Learn more: https://ow.ly/kT8350XQqF5
Learn more: https://ow.ly/kT8350XQqF5
The #BigUglyBill will hurt millions of Americans by reducing funding for essential services like Medicaid and forcing hospitals and care facilities to shut down.
We can't let this happen. Sign our petition and tell Congress to restore funding NOW: https://ow.ly/9wgt50XNnzA
We can't let this happen. Sign our petition and tell Congress to restore funding NOW: https://ow.ly/9wgt50XNnzA
Repeal GOP Tax Cuts that Hurt American Workers and Retirees
Republicans say the tax law they passed this summer will help average Americans, but that's not true. It will actually slash billions of dollars from Medicare, Medicaid and food assistance to fund more than $4 trillion in tax breaks for the wealthy. This isn't right. Lawmakers must stand with working Americans and retirees. Demand your member of Congress repeal the "One Big, Beautiful Bill" by signing our petition.
actionnetwork.org
January 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM
The #BigUglyBill will hurt millions of Americans by reducing funding for essential services like Medicaid and forcing hospitals and care facilities to shut down.
We can't let this happen. Sign our petition and tell Congress to restore funding NOW: https://ow.ly/9wgt50XNnzA
We can't let this happen. Sign our petition and tell Congress to restore funding NOW: https://ow.ly/9wgt50XNnzA
Have you listened to Richard Fiesta's latest appearance on the America’s Work Force Union Podcast yet? Learn about the most pressing financial concerns for seniors, including rising poverty rates, Social Security, pensions, or health care.
🎧 Listen now: https://ow.ly/rTHH50XQqEP
🎧 Listen now: https://ow.ly/rTHH50XQqEP
Retirement, Healthcare and Social Security Challenges for Seniors
The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Rich Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans, joined us on today’s show.
ow.ly
January 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Have you listened to Richard Fiesta's latest appearance on the America’s Work Force Union Podcast yet? Learn about the most pressing financial concerns for seniors, including rising poverty rates, Social Security, pensions, or health care.
🎧 Listen now: https://ow.ly/rTHH50XQqEP
🎧 Listen now: https://ow.ly/rTHH50XQqEP
📰✉️ It's a new year and the headlines are already firing on all cylinders, from tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans to Medicare negotiating prices for TEN different expensive prescription drugs.
Never miss a beat — sign up for our newsletter now: https://ow.ly/SmLM50XNaLb
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January 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
📰✉️ It's a new year and the headlines are already firing on all cylinders, from tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans to Medicare negotiating prices for TEN different expensive prescription drugs.
Never miss a beat — sign up for our newsletter now: https://ow.ly/SmLM50XNaLb
Never miss a beat — sign up for our newsletter now: https://ow.ly/SmLM50XNaLb
Reminder going into 2026: Social Security is OUR money that we have a RIGHT to!
January 2, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Reminder going into 2026: Social Security is OUR money that we have a RIGHT to!
From EPI: Believe it or not, many high-income Americans will actually *benefit* if we #ScrapTheCap on Social Security taxes and make the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share!
Learn more: https://www.epi.org/blog/should-high-earners-support-scrapping-social-securitys-cap-on-taxable-earnings/
Learn more: https://www.epi.org/blog/should-high-earners-support-scrapping-social-securitys-cap-on-taxable-earnings/
Should high earners support scrapping Social Security’s cap on taxable earnings?
Earnings above a cap aren’t subject to the payroll taxes that fund Social Security. As a result, billionaires pay the same tax as someone earning $176,100 in 2025 (the cap is indexed to the average wage, so it changes every year). “Scrapping the cap” is a popular and effective way to address Social Security’s funding…
www.epi.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
From EPI: Believe it or not, many high-income Americans will actually *benefit* if we #ScrapTheCap on Social Security taxes and make the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share!
Learn more: https://www.epi.org/blog/should-high-earners-support-scrapping-social-securitys-cap-on-taxable-earnings/
Learn more: https://www.epi.org/blog/should-high-earners-support-scrapping-social-securitys-cap-on-taxable-earnings/
As you're reading this post, the wealthiest Americans have already stopped paying taxes on Social Security for 2026.
This is not fair — we need to #ScrapTheCap and make everyone pay their fair share!
This is not fair — we need to #ScrapTheCap and make everyone pay their fair share!
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
As you're reading this post, the wealthiest Americans have already stopped paying taxes on Social Security for 2026.
This is not fair — we need to #ScrapTheCap and make everyone pay their fair share!
This is not fair — we need to #ScrapTheCap and make everyone pay their fair share!
🎊🍾 Happy New Year from the Alliance!
Our resolution for 2026 is unchanged: keep fighting to protect and strengthen retirement security for all Americans!
Our resolution for 2026 is unchanged: keep fighting to protect and strengthen retirement security for all Americans!
January 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🎊🍾 Happy New Year from the Alliance!
Our resolution for 2026 is unchanged: keep fighting to protect and strengthen retirement security for all Americans!
Our resolution for 2026 is unchanged: keep fighting to protect and strengthen retirement security for all Americans!
It's never too late to make changes, and a New Years resolution is always a perfect time! If you have any in mind, tell us in the comments!
December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It's never too late to make changes, and a New Years resolution is always a perfect time! If you have any in mind, tell us in the comments!
The end of ACA subsidies doesn't just mean more expensive health care. It carries more serious economic consequences for millions. Learn more: https://wisconsinindependent.com/health-care/with-aca-subsidies-set-to-expire-the-entire-health-care-economy-could-free-fall/
With ACA subsidies set to expire, the entire health care economy could free-fall
Health care experts say rural hospitals could take a significant hit after consumers begin dropping their health insurance coverage due to high costs.
wisconsinindependent.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The end of ACA subsidies doesn't just mean more expensive health care. It carries more serious economic consequences for millions. Learn more: https://wisconsinindependent.com/health-care/with-aca-subsidies-set-to-expire-the-entire-health-care-economy-could-free-fall/
Our advocacy doesn't stop during the holidays! We have a petition demanding Congress #ScrapTheCap on Social Security taxes and make the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share — sign now!
🔗: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/congress-make-the-wealthy-pay-their-fair-share-4
🔗: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/congress-make-the-wealthy-pay-their-fair-share-4
CONGRESS: Make the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share
The average monthly Social Security benefit for a retired worker is $1,980. Meanwhile, millionaires and billionaires are paying a smaller portion of their income into Social Security than working Americans. That’s wrong and unfair. Tell your lawmakers to strengthen Social Security and make wealthy Americans pay their fair share.
actionnetwork.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our advocacy doesn't stop during the holidays! We have a petition demanding Congress #ScrapTheCap on Social Security taxes and make the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share — sign now!
🔗: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/congress-make-the-wealthy-pay-their-fair-share-4
🔗: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/congress-make-the-wealthy-pay-their-fair-share-4
🚨 The Administration wants to cut in-person visits to Social Security field offices in HALF in 2026. Wait lines are already too long!🚨
This is one New Years Resolution we can't move ahead without. Sign our petition now and tell Congress to keep offices OPEN: https://ow.ly/gyMi50XQ7lC
This is one New Years Resolution we can't move ahead without. Sign our petition now and tell Congress to keep offices OPEN: https://ow.ly/gyMi50XQ7lC
Tell Your Representative to Vote YES to Keep Field Offices Open
The Social Security Administration is struggling in the wake of DOGE cutting 15 percent of the Social Security workforce. This week the Washington Post reported that the agency is unable to handle the number of customer service phone calls to its 1-800 number and is temporarily pulling about 1,000 employees from field offices to answer the phones instead. Rep. Larson has introduced a bill that would ensure that field offices stay open despite the chaos. Please send a message to your representative to demand they vote YES on the Keeping Our Field Offices Open Act (H.R. 1876).
ow.ly
December 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🚨 The Administration wants to cut in-person visits to Social Security field offices in HALF in 2026. Wait lines are already too long!🚨
This is one New Years Resolution we can't move ahead without. Sign our petition now and tell Congress to keep offices OPEN: https://ow.ly/gyMi50XQ7lC
This is one New Years Resolution we can't move ahead without. Sign our petition now and tell Congress to keep offices OPEN: https://ow.ly/gyMi50XQ7lC
🚨 Reminder: SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano told the Senate that anyone who wanted to visit SSA field offices in-person could do so , but the Administration now wants to cut visits in HALF.
This is a gut punch for seniors, and Congress must act NOW.
This is a gut punch for seniors, and Congress must act NOW.
December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🚨 Reminder: SSA Commissioner Frank Bisignano told the Senate that anyone who wanted to visit SSA field offices in-person could do so , but the Administration now wants to cut visits in HALF.
This is a gut punch for seniors, and Congress must act NOW.
This is a gut punch for seniors, and Congress must act NOW.
By this time next week, the wealthiest Americans will have already stopped paying Social Security taxes for the entire year. Not for 2025, but 2026. This is unacceptable.
Sign our petition now and tell Congress it's time to #ScrapTheCap: https://ow.ly/M9xj50XNnBc
Sign our petition now and tell Congress it's time to #ScrapTheCap: https://ow.ly/M9xj50XNnBc
CONGRESS: Make the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share
The average monthly Social Security benefit for a retired worker is $1,980. Meanwhile, millionaires and billionaires are paying a smaller portion of their income into Social Security than working Americans. That’s wrong and unfair. Tell your lawmakers to strengthen Social Security and make wealthy Americans pay their fair share.
ow.ly
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
By this time next week, the wealthiest Americans will have already stopped paying Social Security taxes for the entire year. Not for 2025, but 2026. This is unacceptable.
Sign our petition now and tell Congress it's time to #ScrapTheCap: https://ow.ly/M9xj50XNnBc
Sign our petition now and tell Congress it's time to #ScrapTheCap: https://ow.ly/M9xj50XNnBc
While garnishment is a possibility for Social Security recipients in some situations, there are ways to protect yourself and your earned benefits. Learn what the experts have to say: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-protect-your-social-security-from-garnishment/
How to protect your Social Security from garnishment
Federal law shields your Social Security benefits from being garnished by most creditors, but not all of them.
www.cbsnews.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
While garnishment is a possibility for Social Security recipients in some situations, there are ways to protect yourself and your earned benefits. Learn what the experts have to say: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-protect-your-social-security-from-garnishment/
ICYMI, Alliance Executive Director Rich Fiesta joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss why urgent action is needed to protect our retirement benefits.
🎧 Listen now: https://awf.labortools.com/listen/retirement-healthcare-and-social-security-challenges-for-seniors
🎧 Listen now: https://awf.labortools.com/listen/retirement-healthcare-and-social-security-challenges-for-seniors
Retirement, Healthcare and Social Security Challenges for Seniors
The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Rich Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans, joined us on today’s show.
awf.labortools.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ICYMI, Alliance Executive Director Rich Fiesta joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss why urgent action is needed to protect our retirement benefits.
🎧 Listen now: https://awf.labortools.com/listen/retirement-healthcare-and-social-security-challenges-for-seniors
🎧 Listen now: https://awf.labortools.com/listen/retirement-healthcare-and-social-security-challenges-for-seniors
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December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📰✉️ Our Friday Alert is on pause this week, but we'll be back in January! Sign up now and be ready to get the latest in retiree news delivered straight to your inbox!
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💪 Labor is the backbone of our movement. To those who are working during this holiday season or have worked in years past, know that we see you and stand with you!
December 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
💪 Labor is the backbone of our movement. To those who are working during this holiday season or have worked in years past, know that we see you and stand with you!
A new sweater or a book can be considered a gift, but you know what can't? Social Security! It's not a gift when it's OUR money!
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A new sweater or a book can be considered a gift, but you know what can't? Social Security! It's not a gift when it's OUR money!