Social Security

• 95,000 Petition Signatures Gathered to Stop Social Security Administration Offices from Closing

  June 19, 2014: Six Closings Have Already Occurred in Communities Across Pennsylvania On Wednesday, June 18, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to examine the impact of recent Social Security field office closures and service cuts. In conjunc...Read more >

• Retirees Oppose Chained-CPI cuts to Veterans’ Benefits

  November 12, 2013: While our nation celebrates Veterans Day, Politicians in Washington consider harmful cuts to Social Security and Veterans’ benefits.  The Alliance for Retired Americans rallied across the country, including in Reading, PA, to oppose these cuts! ...Read more >

• PA Congressmen Kelly and Thompson Sign Letter Urging Social Security Cuts

  October 12, 2013: Each added their names to a letter from Congressman Ribble (R-WI) urging Speaker Boehner to use the Shutdown and Debt Ceiling deadlines to demand harmful cuts to seniors’ benefits On Tuesday, October 8th, Congressman Reid Ribble, a Republican repr...Read more >

• Social Security and Medicare Trustees Release Reports

  May 31, 2013: The reports contain good news for seniors and contradict critics who claim that the programs are unsustainable The following statement was released by Jean Friday, of Belle Vernon PA, President of the Pennsylvania Alliance for Retired Americans, re...Read more >