AARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond issued the following statement related to comments about changes at the Social Security Administration (SSA).
The acting head of the Social Security Administration (SSA) on Feb. 19 sought to reassure older Americans that payments will continue as usual and that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff have limited access to its systems, amid growing concerns over service disruptions and the privacy of beneficiaries’ personal data.
Older Americans depend on services provided by the Social Security Administration, whether it be over the phone, online, or face-to-face at local field offices.
The names of the first 10 Medicare drugs whose prices the federal government will negotiate directly with manufacturers were released Aug. 29. Popular but pricey blood thinners, diabetes medications, cancer treatments make historic list.
Given that there is more than $20.5 billion in federal funding at stake for state residents, AARP Arizona is reminding all Arizonans to make sure they are counted in this year’s census.
AARP will speak Tuesday, February 25 at the Arizona Corporation Commission’s two day workshop on allowing some or all customers to bypass utility service (Docket 18-0405, Modification to Commission’s Retail Electric Competition Rules). AARP opposes so-called retail choice as proposed by two of the Commissioners in the Docket.
About David M SpindelBorn August 31, 1941, David M Spindel grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn and has one older brother and two yournger sisters. His father was a hardworking pharmacist and his mother an ardent schoolteacher. Spindel enjoyed photography as a hobby in high school and then decided to pursue his craft more seriously at Rochester Institute of Technology. He studied with Minor White, Ralph Hattersley, Dr. Richard Zakia, and Robert Bagby, and graduated in 1964.
AARP Arizona released the following statement today, applauding Reps. Tom O’Halleran, Ann Kirkpatrick, Raul Grijalva. Ruben Gallego and Greg Stanton, of the U.S. House of Representatives, for voting to pass H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act.