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What’s Happening with Budget Reconciliation Legislation Affecting Seniors?

As Democrats attempt to unite around a final budget reconciliation package – otherwise known as President Biden’s Build Back Better Plan – seniors advocates are keeping a close eye on key provisions affecting older Americans.

NCPSSM2021-09-29T14:34:23-04:00September 28th, 2021|Categories: Budget, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Congress, Democrats, Medicare, Medicare Expansion, Prescription Drug Prices, President Biden, Republicans|

Holdout House Dems Should Side with the People, Not Big Pharma

Nearly 90% of the American public wants Medicare to be able to negotiate drug prices with Big Pharma – including a majority of Republicans. Unfortunately, the will of the people is being thwarted not only by Republicans in Congress, who refuse to support Medicare price negotiation, but holdout ‘moderate’ Democrats.

NCPSSM2021-09-17T15:02:03-04:00September 17th, 2021|Categories: Democrats, Medicare, Medicare Drug Coverage and Costs, Polls, President Biden, Republicans|

Big Pharma Dreads Medicare Price Negotiation

Big Pharma is none too happy with legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, according to published accounts and members of the advocacy community.

Walter Gottlieb2021-09-16T14:50:39-04:00September 10th, 2021|Categories: Democrats, healthcare, Medicare Drug Coverage and Costs, Prescription Drug Prices, President Biden|

Social Security Trustees Report Signals Now is the Time to Strengthen & Expand the Program

Americans who rely on Social Security can exhale for a moment now that the program’s Trustees have reported that the trust fund will remain solvent until 2034. That’s only one year earlier than projected in last year’s report. It is time to strengthen and expand the program.

NCPSSM2021-08-31T17:33:32-04:00August 31st, 2021|Categories: COLAs, Congress, Democrats, Rep. John Larson, Social Security|

The House-passed Budget Resolution Holds Historic Promise for Seniors

Lost in much of the coverage is the actual intent of the budget resolution – to lift-up vulnerable Americans during very trying times, especially the nation’s seniors.

NCPSSM2021-08-25T19:31:14-04:00August 25th, 2021|Categories: Budget, Congress, Democrats, Medicaid, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices, President Biden|

Biden Pushes Prescription Drug Reform, Medicare Expansion

MSNBC President Biden made a forceful appeal to Congress Thursday on two of the most crucial issues facing American

NCPSSM2021-08-13T16:07:50-04:00August 13th, 2021|Categories: Congress, Democrats, GOP, Medicare, Part D, Prescription Drug Prices, President Biden|

Rep. Larson to Introduce Revised Social Security Expansion Bill

Next week, Social Security will mark its 86th anniversary of providing Americans with basic financial security in old age (and, since 1956, upon becoming disabled). And yet, quite incredibly, baseline Social Security benefits haven’t been expanded in fifty years – even though seniors’ living costs have soared over the decades. Congressman John Larson (D-CT) is once again hoping to change that. Larson, a true Social Security champion who introduced legislation to boost Social Security in previous Congresses, has now released the details of a revamped bill to increase benefits and extend the program’s solvency.