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Recapping our Endorsements for Tuesday’s Elections
As our Social Security on the Ballot campaign draws to a close, polling suggests that midterm candidates who support strengthening the program (and oppose benefit cuts) will largely prevail on Tuesday. "Even if Social Security isn’t voters’ top issue, per se, it plays into the…
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SSA is “Fixing” Social Security Data; That Worries Us
It’s funny, because when Donald Trump was re-elected, we didn’t hear a hew and cry from the voters to prioritize “waste and fraud” at the Social Security Administration (SSA). In fact, we remember Trump promising voters multiple times “not to touch Social Security.” The opposite…
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It’s ‘Buyer Beware’ This Medicare Open Enrollment Season
This year’s Medicare open enrollment season – which began October 15th and runs through December 7th – should come with the warning: “Buyer Beware.” The Trump administration and its allies in Congress have made health coverage more costly and degraded Americans’ options by…
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Trump & GOP Candidates Have Pushed Social Security Privatization, Cuts
It’s been quite a week for Republicans telling us how they really feel about Social Security – from the President to GOP candidates in key races. On Wednesday, President Trump admitted that he wanted to privatize Social Security “so badly” after he won in 2016, but “Democrats…
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Trump’s $90 Medicare Rebate — Another Gimmick Masquerading as Policy
Instead of meaningful action to lower Americans’ health care costs, Trump has announced yet another publicity stunt. He has promised some 20 million Medicare Part B enrollees a one-time, $90 rebate. Of course, this does effectively nothing to lower Americans’ health care costs,…
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Trouble Ahead for Medicare Advantage & Medicaid Patients
For years, Medicare Advantage (MA) providers have marketed their plans with celebrity endorsements, promises of extra dental, vision, and hearing benefits, and the appeal of low or zero monthly premiums. But for millions of older adults, that illusory promise of stable coverage…
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Protecting FDR’s Vision on Social Security’s 91st Birthday
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law 91 years ago -- on August 14, 1935 – he said its enactment was “historic for all time.” FDR was right. Nine decades later, Social Security remains one of the most successful – and most popular – federal…