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
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
2020 Social Security COLA Scant Relief for Seniors
The scant 1.6% Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2020 is another big disappointment for America’s seniors. The paltry new COLA will yield
Note to GOP: Prescription Drug ‘Free Market’ Has Failed Americans
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the Democratic leadership's Rx pricing bill Thursday No sooner had Nancy Pelosi unveiled legislation
Prescription Drug Prices a Top Priority for Congress After Summer Recess
When Congress returns from summer recess on Monday, lawmakers will have plenty on their plates, especially the vexing issue of high
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
PRICED Act Will Reduce Drug Costs by Promoting Competition
Seniors depend on drugs derived from living organisms – known as ‘biologics’ – to treat a plethora of serious health
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
Putting Drug Prices in TV Ads Won’t Solve the Problem
The Trump administration has come out with yet another proposal to tinker around the edges of the prescription drug pricing problem