Testimony before U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, February 6, 2019 As all of you know, Social Security is overwhelmingly popular. It is so because it addresses economic insecurities that...
Nancy Altman
New Congress will work to expand Social Security and Medicare
The 116th U.S. Congress reflects the diversity of our country better than any previous Congress, with more than a 120 women and more people of color than ever before in history. Nancy Pelosi – the...
Employers should advocate for increased Social Security benefits
Prior to Social Security, enlightened employers sought to provide older employees with pensions, rather than just discard them at the end of their work lives. Providing old age pensions is not just...
Social Security benefits will rise 2.8 percent in 2019, but...
As a result of inflation, people on fixed incomes find that their incomes decline in value over time. One extremely important feature of Social Security is that its benefits are adjusted every year...
The truth about Social Security
President Franklin Roosevelt signed our Social Security system into law eighty-three years ago today, on August 14, 1935. It has stood the test of time. Social Security protects us against the...
2019 Social Security benefits should rise, but checks may not
As a result of inflation, people on fixed incomes find that their incomes decline in value over time. One extremely important feature of Social Security is that its benefits are adjusted every year...
2018 Social Security benefits should rise, but checks may not
One of the strengths of Social Security is that benefits are adjusted annually to offset increases in inflation, so that the modest, but vital, benefits do not erode over time. Unfortunately, the...
House bill to expand Social Security responds to what public...
Last week, Congressman John Larson of Connecticut, and 156 other congressional Democrats reintroduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to expand Social Security benefits. (There were 157...
Republican New Year’s Resolution: Dismantle Medicare
The New Year is a time of resolutions. Consistent with that tradition, the Republican New Year’s Resolution is clear: Dismantle Medicare, ending Medicare as we know it. What’s most...
Americans united around Social Security
These days, it can be hard to find issues upon which the overwhelming majority of people in the U.S. agree. But, the latest poll from Public Policy Polling shows that Americans are united around...