Congress Sends Millions of Retirees a Holiday Present: An Historic Pension Cut
Tucked into the massive spending bill Congress passed this weekend was legislation that reversed 40 years of federal law protecting retirees'
NCPSSM Urges Senate to End Inequity Facing Older Women
NCPSSM Board Chair, Catherine Dodd, testified before the Senate Finance Committee today on the retirement challenges facing America's women and the National Committee's Eleanor's Hope initiative to improve Social Security benefits
Fulfilling Eleanor’s Hope for America
This was originally posted at The Huffington Post by NCPSSM President/CEO Max Richtman America's longest-serving First Lady and social activist, Eleanor
Poorer, Older and Sicker: The Challenges Facing America’s Senior Women
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare was joined by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI), NOW President Terry O'Neill and Tufts Health Plan President/CEO, James Roosevelt, Jr. on a press call today to announce the launch of a new national initiative called Eleanor's Hope, to help bring an end to the disparity between men's and women's income, health and retirement security.
Social Security and Hispanic Americans
Social Security protects millions of American families in retirement or when a loved one becomes disabled or dies. These guaranteed benefits are
Why We Need to BOOST Social Security — New CBS Poll Shows Retirement Still Elusive for Many
We've wasted years of political discourse led by a billion dollar Wall Street campaign to convince America we can't afford a strong
How About Giving the Truth about Social Security “Equal Time”
Attempts to reignite the intergenerational warfare campaign against Social Security -- led by the billion dollar austerity lobby -- seem to have
Seniors and Poverty
The Kaiser Family Foundation has produced a wonderful new video, Old and Poor: America's Forgotten. It was debuted at this week's Senate
Do You “Know Your Rights”?
New Education Campaign Informs LGBT Community about Their New Social Security Benefits Eligibility Hundreds of Northern California same-sex spouses, and elder
Busting Social Security Myths
Busting Washington's biggest Social Security mythsBY MAX RICHTMANSpecial to The Tampa TribunePublished: September 12, 2013There is no other issue where the disconnect