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Listen to the National Committee’s First Podcast Episode
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Listen to this episode from You Earned This: The Social Security & Medicare Podcast! on Spotify. In our very first episode, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's grandson, Jim Roosevelt, talks with host Walter Gottlieb about his grandfather's greatest legacy, the Social Security program — and the troubled agency (SSA) that administers benefits for 71 million beneficiaries every year. Jim also shares memories about his grandmother, Eleanor Roosevelt, including her commitment to women's retirement security. This bite-sized podcast is only 15 minutes long!
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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.
You can either search our archives for valuable advice on a broad range of concerns or submit your question here.
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This week’s question is:
I'm 5 years older than my wife. We're both still working and planning to continue for 3 or 4 more years. I've worked continuously and have a higher income. I want to ensure my wife receives the largest monthly payment if I die before we both reach 70. If I never claim, could she claim my "70-year-old" benefit when she reaches 70?
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Whether you’re currently retired or approaching retirement, we can help answer your questions and provide valuable advice on Social Security.
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Your support sustains our campaigns in Washington to protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare.
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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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Beneath all the rhetoric about “fiscal responsibility,” the main purpose of outsourcing important decisions to a fiscal commission is to give lawmakers political cover for cutting Social Security and Medicare, write our president Max Richtman and former Senator Tom Harkin in The Hill. (December 8, 2023, The Hill, written by NCPSSM President and CEO Max Richtman and former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (IA))
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Raising the Social Security retirement age was recently suggested at this week's Republican presidential candidates’ debate, chiefly by Nikki Haley. Raising the age is a lifetime benefit cut — and would severely decrease benefits for seniors claiming early.
(December 7, 2023, CNBC, Lorie Konish)
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Social Security and Medicare advocates have been left questioning what Johnson's speakership could mean for recipients of the services, particularly in the face of another looming government shutdown. (November 7, 2023, USA Today, Sudiksha Kochi and Ken Tran)
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Drug companies that raised the price of 48 prescription medications used by more than 750,000 seniors could be forced to pay rebates to Medicare in the first quarter of 2024, the Biden administration announced today. (December 14, 2023; Bloomberg; Tony Pugh, Ian Lopez and Nyah Phengsitthy)
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A new poll from Gallup shows that across the age spectrum, faith in the future of Social Security has steadily risen over the last decade or so. About half of U.S. non-retirees expect the Social Security Administration will pay them benefits in retirement.
(December 11, 2023, Money, Mary Ellen Cagnassola)
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The 3.2% COLA increase for 2024 sounds good on paper, but it's not cutting it for some seniors. 70 percent of single seniors already struggle with their existing Social Security income and need a bigger bump. (December 12, 2023, Newsweek, Suzanne Blake)
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