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Social Security Symposium
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The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare participated in a special Social Security symposium hosted by former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin and the Harkin Institute of Drake University. Featuring National Committee President Max Richtman and other prominent leaders from the national advocacy community, the summit took place on September 13th at the National Education Association headquarters in Washington, DC. The focus of the event was “preserving and enhancing Social Security for future generations.”
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According to NCPSSM President & CEO Max Richtman, “We applaud the Harkin Institute for bringing together so many thought leaders in this field at a time when Social Security faces considerable financial and political challenges. Events like this are crucial to ensure that the program is protected and expanded rather than cut and privatized, as some in Washington have proposed.”
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Whether you’re retired or approaching retirement, our team of experts in the field of Social Security policy is available to answer your questions about benefits.
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This week’s question is: I was always the primary earner. I am also 7 years older than my husband. I started taking Social Security at 66. He will turn 62 this year. His full Social Security benefit will be less than 1/2 of mine. If he files for his reduced benefits at 62, can he switch to half my benefits at full retirement age with no decrease in them? Or does his early reduction for his benefit transfer to mine for him?
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Social Security Benefits
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Learn more about the Social Security program and the policies the National Committee supports that would strengthen your earned benefits.
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The good and bad news about a government shutdown. Even if the government shuts down at the end of this week because of House Republican intransigence, Social Security benefits will continue to be paid and customer service for retirees should not get significantly worse — in the short term, anyway. (September 25, 2023, www.ncpssm.org, Entitled to Know blog)
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To keep the government open, House Republicans want a huge cut in funding for the Social Security Administration (SSA), which is already struggling to provide customer service after a decade of underfunding. "SSA’s customers would wait significantly longer for services," says NCPSSM's Maria Freese. (September 18, 2023, www.ncpssm.org, Entitled to Know blog)
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"The CPI-E has been under review for four decades,” the National Committee said, adding that “it is time for the federal government to … conclude its analysis and adopt a more accurate consumer price index for the elderly.” (September 15, 2023, Money, Mary Ellen Cagnassola)
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While the language in the new GOP budget resolution doesn’t allow for fast-tracking or bypassing the legislative process, NCPSSM worries that if a special commission is created through legislative action, it could include those provisions. (September 19, 2023, Think Advisor, Melanie Waddell)
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“Our seniors deserve to be a priority,” Max Richtman, a former staff director at the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and president and CEO of the nonprofit National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, wrote in an op-ed.
(September 13, 2023, The Washington Informer, Stacy M. Brown)
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NCPSSM participated in an event on the Capitol Grounds Wednesday to call for the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which prevent millions of public employees and their families from collecting full Social Security benefits. (September 14, 2023, www.ncpssm.org, Entitled to Know blog)
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In remarks at the 2023 Harkin Retirement Security Symposium, NCPSSM president Max Richtman recommended that Congress explore taxing investment income at the same level as wages and/or lifting the Social Security payroll wage cap (in order to bring more revenue into the system). (September 13, 2023, PLAN SPONSOR, Paul Mulholland)
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