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Insider’s Report: When You Go to the Polls Know Where Your Candidates Stand!
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Voters across America can now access the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare’s Congressional Scorecard online! Given the urgency of this election, we want to ensure all voters have the fullest possible picture of where their elected representatives in Congress stand.
We’ve designed our Scorecard to inform citizens about how their House and Senate members voted on Social Security, Medicare and other measures impacting older Americans during the 117th Congress (2021-2022). Armed with this information, we believe Americans will see which candidates truly support the social safety net programs that seniors depend on now more than ever — and vote accordingly.
This election, more than any other, will determine whether seniors’ earned benefits are protected and improved or cut and privatized. Workers pay for these benefits with their hard-earned payroll contributions over the course of their lifetimes. It is critical that voters understand their House and Senate members’ votes on key legislation affecting seniors. Our Congressional Scorecard will help voters compare incumbents’ public statements with their actual records.
On the Scorecard page, simply click on your state on the interactive U.S. map. That will bring up a list of the state’s U.S. Senators and House members, along with a record of relevant votes and a percentage score from 0 to 100%. The higher a members’ score, the better his/her votes aligned with seniors’ interests. Elected representatives with a perfect 100% score voted in favor of older Americans every time. House and Senate members scoring 0% voted consistently against seniors’ interests — or may have missed the votes in our scorecard.
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| Max Goes to the White House |
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National Committee President Max Richtman and other advocates joined President Biden at the White House last Tuesday for a celebration of the new law reducing prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries, the Inflation Reduction Act. The event, held on the South Lawn, was attended by members of Congress, administration officials and representatives of seniors’ groups, including the National Committee.
“We have been fighting to lower prescription drug prices for a long time. And even though the new law doesn’t include everything we’d hoped for, this is a significant victory for seniors. To see the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law and then to be invited to participate in this celebration today is truly remarkable.” –Max Richtman, NCPSSM President and CEO.
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| Poll Results! |
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In the last issue of Benefits Watch we asked our readers the following question:
When you go to the polls on November 8, 2022 (or cast an absentee ballot), will Social Security and Medicare — and how the candidates voted on key bills impacting these programs — be a top factor in determining which candidates receive your vote?
The results from our recent poll are fascinating, but they’re only available to National Committee members! Join the National Committee today and we’ll immediately give you the results of this important poll.
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| Ask Web |
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Our resident Social Security expert, Webster Phillips — a Senior Policy Analyst for the National Committee and a 31-year veteran at the Social Security Administration — is here to answer your questions about Social Security.
You can either search our archives for valuable advice on a broad range of concerns or submit your question here.
This week's question is: I am nearing retirement age. I have to continue to work due to financial issues but am wondering if I could claim Social Security through my deceased, former husband now and then when I retire, claim benefits on my own record. I was married for 11 years and have never remarried.
Click here to read the answer.
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Ask Web
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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Aging, Health and Care
Find useful resources on everything from caregiving and hearing care to long-term care and transportation. |
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| Cheaper, Better Hearing Aids |
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“We’re finally going to have these devices that are great for people with mild to moderate hearing impairment that are going to be in the range of $200-300,” says NCPSSM Legislative Director Dan Adcock after FDA finalized a rule allowing broad access to over-the-counter hearing aids.(September 12, 2022, WICC, Radio interview with NCPSSM Director of Government Relations & Policy Dan Adcock)
Listen Here →
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| Speaker Pelosi: Bring Larson’s Social Security proposal to a floor vote |
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When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act of 1935 into law 87 years ago, he didn’t “intend for it to remain frozen in place” but envisioned that it would need to be expanded with the nation’s changing demographics, says NCPSSM’s president and CEO, Max Richtman. (September 12, 2022, Rhode Island News, Herb Weiss)
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| Over the Counter Hearing Aids Could Be a Winner for Seniors |
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The Food and Drug Administration has issued a final rule establishing a new category of over-the-counter hearing aids. This will allow people with ‘mild to moderate’ hearing loss to buy hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers — a huge potential cost savings for millions of seniors. (September 9, 2022, www.ncpssm.org, Entitled to Know blog)
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| Honoring America’s Grandparents |
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As we celebrate Grandparents Day 2022, we recognize seniors as a positive force in society. The pandemic only strengthened that role, even as it took a heavy toll on seniors themselves. To that extent, their stepped-up participation as caregivers was nothing short of heroic. (September 11, 2022, www.ncpssm.org, Entitled to Know blog)
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