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Rep. Nadler and other panelists criticized recent proposals to preserve the Social Security system. They said the proposed legislation would reduce benefits for too many beneficiaries and wo…

Committee members heard testimony from several members of Congress and others on Social Security reform and the creation of an expert panel to recommend solutions to Congress. They testified…

Medicare University, a medicare reform forum, hosted experts to discuss the state of the Medicare program and ways to maintain the solvency of the trust fund.

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

Committee members heard testimony from government officials, industy association representatives, and policy analysts on the provisions of the Senior Citizens Equity Act, part of the Republi…

Senate Judiciary Committee members heard testimony on the balanced budget amendment. A number of congressional, federal, and outside experts testified about the feasibility and legality of p…

During the fourth and final day of hearings on the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment, witnesses testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee. The amendment would impose a mand…

Witnesses testified at hearings held by Senator Paul Simon. This is one of a series of hearings being held by Senator Simon who endorses and cosponsors the current balanced budget amendment …

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing concerning Social Security taxes for domestic workers and raising the wage threshold.

The Republican Study Committee heard testimony from analysts of the Social Security programs on proposals to reform the Social Security system, which included reductions in cost of living in…

The subcommittee heard testimony on Social Security earnings limitations. Currently, seniors earning an income of a particular amount must forfeit part or all of their Social Security earnin…

The Senate Finance Committee hearing on a social security tax cut continued. Charles Bowsher, Comptroller General of the U.S. General Accounting Office, and Robert Ball, the former Commissio…

The House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee continued to hear testimony on the Social Security Solvency Prevention Act.

Committee held hearings to review certain provisions with respect to the treatment of excess revenues as contained in the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988.

Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy concluded hearings on S. 216, to establish the Social Security Administration as an independent executive branch agency headed by a bipartis…

The problem of the Social Security “notch” involves a discrepancy in retirement benefits depending on a recipient’s year of birth. Those born between 1917 and 1921 who retire after age 62 re…

Panelists discussed Medicare, payroll taxes, elderly care and private sector solutions for catastrophic health costs. They answered audience questions.

Members of the Social Security Reform Commission, also known as the Greenspan Commission, met to review options for the future viability of social security.