Trump Once Again Betrays Social Security, Medicare Promises
We hardly needed more evidence that President Trump didn’t really mean it when he promised as a candidate “not to
National Committee Engages Voters at Town Halls
National Committee president Max Richtman (right) at a town hall with Rep. Paul Tonko (center) As we rush headlong
Medicare Anniversary a Reminder that Today’s Seniors Need More
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare into law on June 30, 1965 National Committee president Max Richtman released
Medicare Must Be Allowed to Negotiate Drug Prices
Four influential Democratic Senators delivered a message to their Republican colleagues and President Trump today: allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with
This Medical Bill is one of the Worst ‘Surprises’
As part of a bipartisan movement on Capitol Hill to confront “surprise medical bills,” Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Lamar Alexander
Trump Re-Ignites Attacks on Affordable Care Act, Rallies Democrats
President Trump is at it again. Two years after promising Americans “something terrific” to replace Obamacare – and failing – the
Trump 2020 Budget Shortchanges Seniors
They say that a White House budget is merely a messaging document – especially in an era of divided government. In
New CMS Projections on Medicare Spending Warrant Scrutiny
According to a federal report issued yesterday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), government is expected to cover
State of the Union Should Include Older Americans’ Priorities
Seniors struggling with soaring health care and prescription drug costs deserve re-assurance that the White House is actually on their side. The
Hill Democrats Get Tough on Big Pharma, Prescription Drug Prices
Elections have consequences, and one positive consequence of the midterms is that the new House majority is serious about reducing drug