House Passes Historic Rx Drug Pricing Bill

Under the leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrats usher landmark Rx drug pricing bill through the House on Thursday

NCPSSM2019-12-13T17:16:16-04:00December 13th, 2019|Congress, Democrats, Don't Cut Pills Cut Profits, Medicare, Medicare Drug Coverage and Costs, President Trump, Republicans|

Medicare Enrollees May Be Able to Change 2020 Plans Later Due to Trump Admin Errors

The 2020 Medicare open enrollment has ended --- and it has not been the program’s finest hour.  The Trump administration’s new

NCPSSM2019-12-09T12:26:50-04:00December 6th, 2019|Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Trump Administration|

House to Vote on Landmark Prescription Drug Pricing Bill

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says House will vote on Lower Drug Costs Now Act next week Historic legislation to reduce

NCPSSM2019-12-06T10:27:21-04:00December 5th, 2019|Congress, Democrats, Don't Cut Pills Cut Profits, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices|

Trump Admin Medicare Enrollment Tools Under Fire

With a little more than a week left of the 2020 Medicare open enrollment season, the Trump administration continues drawing fire

NCPSSM2019-11-27T14:09:23-04:00November 27th, 2019|Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Drug Coverage and Costs, Medicare Enrollments, President Trump|

Senator Wyden Headlines National Committee Town Hall on Rx Drug Pricing

Sen. Ron Wyden at National Committee's Rx Drug Pricing Town Hall in Portland Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) headlined a

NCPSSM2019-11-12T16:10:30-04:00November 12th, 2019|Max Richtman, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices|

Seriously Ill Seniors Face Daunting Costs, Especially for Rx Drugs

The National Committee has been beating the drum about seniors’ rising health care costs for several years.  Now, a new study from Health

NCPSSM2019-11-07T17:23:31-04:00November 7th, 2019|Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices|

Medicare Price Negotiation Bill Headed to House Floor

For 16 years, the National Committee and other seniors’ advocates have been pressuring Congress to pass legislation empowering Medicare to negotiate

NCPSSM2019-11-05T10:02:51-04:00October 23rd, 2019|Congress, Democrats, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices, Republicans|

Mourning the Loss of a True Champion for Seniors in Congress

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), 1951-2019 America’s seniors have lost a true champion with the passing of Rep. Elijah Cummings

NCPSSM2019-10-23T14:25:16-04:00October 17th, 2019|Congress, Max Richtman, Medicare, Social Security|

National Committee Holds First Rx Drug Pricing Town Hall

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) speaks to seniors at National Committee Rx town hall in Milwaukee Today marked an important

NCPSSM2019-10-16T10:25:50-04:00October 11th, 2019|Congress, Don't Cut Pills Cut Profits, Medicare, Prescription Drug Prices|

Florida Citizens Protest Trump’s Medicare Deceptions

Local citizens organized by a National Committee volunteer protested the President’s fact-challenged Medicare speech at the Villages retirement community outside Ocala,

NCPSSM2019-10-04T14:24:31-04:00October 4th, 2019|entitlement reform, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, President Trump|