Paul Ryan Peddles Dangerous Fictions on “60 Minutes”
House Speaker Paul Ryan perpetuated dangerous falsehoods about Medicare on CBS “60 Minutes” Sunday night. In an interview with correspondent Scott
Medicare Privatization Tops the GOP Agenda
Well, that didn't take long. Just days after the election and already the GOP has confirmed, what we've been warning for months.
The Trump Conundrum: He Can’t Keep His Promise to Seniors While Also Repealing Obamacare
Donald Trump made a lot of promises to the American people during the Presidential campaign. For seniors, who supported him overwhelmingly,
Telling the Truth about Social Security’s Funding isn’t “Nasty” it’s Just Reality
OK...we're just 18 days until election day and the final debate has come and gone. Thank goodness. While Social Security and Medicare
How to Talk About Social Security (& Medicare) Without Really Talking About It
News that Social Security and Medicare might finally be topics discussed in the last Presidential debate on Wednesday night should be welcome
What You Did and Did Not Hear about Social Security Last Night
Debate watchers predicted last night's Vice Presidential debate might put policy above personality (for a change) and to some degree that happened.
Why Tonight’s Debate Matters: Especially for America’s Seniors
By most accounts, tonight's Vice Presidential debate candidates Democratic Senator Tim Kaine and Republican Governor Mike Pence will meet for the
Republican Senators Say Now’s the Time to Cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid
A group of freshman GOP Senators has decided the time is right to launch a frontal assault on funding for Social
An Open Memo to Lester Holt: Actually, Social Security and Medicare Are More Than Just Deficit Reduction Tools
To: Lester Holt, NBC Nightly News anchor and moderator of the first 2016 Presidential Debate Subject: The most important – but overlooked
Will America’s Seniors Vote Against Their Own Self-Interests…Again?
by Max Richtman, NCPSSM President/CEOAs a seniors' advocate who's worked on aging policy issues for decades, one of the most common questions