Seniors and Veterans Demand a Vote on the SAVE Benefits Act
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Today Maryland/DC Alliance member Susan Taylor spoke at an event on Capitol Hill urging the Senate to vote on S. 2251, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's SAVE Benefits Act - providing seniors a one-time payment of $581. The amount is 3.9% of the average annual So... Read more
Kasich and Jeb Bush Mean Trouble for Seniors
John Kasich and Jeb Bush mean trouble for seniors and retirees. The New Hampshire primary results are in, and the top four for the Republicans were businessman Donald Trump, Gov. John Kasich (Ohio), Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), and former Governor Jeb Bush (FL). Since this blog looked at... Read more
Silver Tsunami to Bring 25 Million More Medicare Beneficiaries by 2036
[caption id="attachment_3359" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator[/caption]
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Medicare enrollment will grow by more than 30 percent over the next ten years. In fact the population of ... Read more
Expand Social Security, Says New York Times
The New York Times editorial board wrote recently that we need to expand Social Security. It was a wonderful way to start the new year – and a fitting position, given that Social Security recipients will not receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2016.
The Times’ lo... Read more