How AARP is Working for You

Experts suggest doing your homework and shopping around when looking for high-quality care for yourself or a loved one. But when the time comes, many older adults and their families struggle to find the crucial information they need to make informed choices.

AARP wants to change that, which is why we endorsed the bipartisan SEE (Search Engines Examine) Care Compare Act. The bill would make it easier for people to find Medicare’s Care Compare website by improving its searchability on web browsers such as Google.

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We applaud Maine Gov. Janet Mills for signing an AARP-backed bill that will make it easier for working Mainers to take paid time off to care for themselves or a loved one.

The bill was signed July 11, making Maine the 16th state, along with the District of Columbia, to adopt some form of paid family leave, although some programs are still being implemented.


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AARP joined more than 30 organizations on Thursday in urging the U.S. Senate to pass a series of bipartisan bills that would increase competition in the prescription drug market and close loopholes drug companies use to block consumers’ access to more affordable medications.

In a letter to Senate lawmakers signed by AARP, patient advocates and dozens of other groups, we called for immediate passage of legislation that would “crack down on patent and regulatory abuses by drug companies that thwart competition from lower-priced alternatives.”

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Last year’s landmark legislation to reduce drug prices was monumental for older Americans struggling to pay for medications, but the fight for affordable prescription drugs isn’t over, said Nancy LeaMond, AARP’s chief advocacy and engagement officer, during a roundtable on drug pricing Monday.


AARP joined health experts and advocates for the discussion of the Inflation Reduction Act, which AARP was instrumental in passing, and which lowers prescription drug prices for Medicare enrollees. The event was hosted by Protect Our Care.



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Grocery shoppers in Alabama will see some sales tax relief this fall thanks to AARP-backed legislation signed by Gov. Kay Ivey. 

The bill, which Ivey enacted into law June 15, could cut the state’s 4 percent sales tax on groceries in half by next year. The tax will drop to 3 percent on Sept. 1 and to 2 percent in September 2024. Next year’s reduction is contingent on the state’s Education Trust Fund collections growing by 3.5 percent.

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Most Americans feel a sense of urgency when it comes to protecting Social Security — and want Democrats and Republicans to work together to secure its future. 

That’s according to a new AARP survey of more than 1,000 adults 18 and older. Our research found the sentiment holds true regardless of a person’s age, gender or politics. 

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AARP is giving $3.6 million in Community Challenge grants to 310 projects across the country this year – the largest number of recipients in the program’s seven-year history.

The grants fund quick-action projects to make communities more livable in all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

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We joined White House officials June 26 for the rollout of the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program, which will allocate more than $42 billion for states and territories to improve access to high-speed internet. 

Under the program, which President Joe Biden called “the biggest investment in high-speed internet ever,” states and territories will get anywhere from $27 million to $3.3 billion, depending on need, to build or upgrade broadband infrastructure in rural and other underserved areas.  

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