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Celebrate Medicare and Medicaid’s Anniversary — and Protect Them From Trump!
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law 61 years ago. In this op-ed, NCPSSM President and CEO Max Richtman warns that the Trump administration and congressional Republicans are weakening both. “The political right has always been wary of the New Deal and Great Society legacy programs that have lifted people out of poverty and provided older and lower-income Americans with basic retirement and health security.” Read more.
7 myths that undermine Social Security.
“Myths are great for books, ballads, and movies, but they are dangerous for Social Security. Political forces seeking to undermine the program have been spreading untruths about it. These myths not only misinform the public; they can erode support for Social Security which has been working quite well to provide Americans with baseline retirement security since 1935,” writes our president and CEO, Max Richtman, in MarketWatch.
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On this week’s edition of “Capital Quick Takes,” NCPSSM CEO Max Richtman explains why proposals to create a fiscal commission to decide the future of Social Security could give Congress political cover to cut benefits.
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