Retirement and Social Security
Panelists discussed the past, future, and current state of the Social Security system. They focused on various proposals to improve future solvency such as benefit cuts, raising the retireme…
809 viewsPanelists discussed the past, future, and current state of the Social Security system. They focused on various proposals to improve future solvency such as benefit cuts, raising the retireme…
809 viewsBarbara Kennelly talked about the current state of social security benefits and the future of the program. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
252 viewsRepresentative Gerry Connolly held a town hall meeting on health care reform at Greenspring Retirement Community in Springfield, Virginia.
503 viewsExperts talked about retirement income, Social Security, Medicare, and the aging population in America. They discussed a new study released today by the National Academy of Social Insurance …
126 viewsCampaign for America’s Future held a rally to extend the Medicare Part D enrollment deadline. Seniors, nurses, and pharmacists, as well as labor leaders and Democratic leaders talked about t…
277 viewsAmericans United to Protect Social Security held a rally on Capitol Hill to oppose Bush administration efforts to privatize Social Security.
227 viewsThe Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a news conference and talked about the results of their study of "Out-of-Pocket Medicare Prescription Drug Costs".
69 viewsRepresentative Pelosi and others talked about the Medicare drug cards on the first day the cards were marketed. They compared the savings available with the new cards to other methods of sav…
47 viewsBarbara Kennelly of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Joseph Antos of the American Enterprise Institute, spoke about the future of Social Security and Federal Reserve Ch…
58 viewsDemocratic leaders Sen. Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and others talked to reporters about Medicare reform legislation. They talked about flaws in the leg…
49 viewsFormer Connecticut Congresswoman, democrat Barbara Kennelly is the current President of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. She was a guest along with John Rothe…
60 viewsDemocratic senators and representatives of senior citizen groups criticized the Medicare prescription drug legislative being debated in Congress. They said that the high deductibles and othe…
60 viewsBarbara Kennelly talked about Medicare legislation. Her organization delivered a petition to Congress with the names of approximately half a million of its members urging the passage of a pr…
37 viewsSenator Tom Daschle (D-South Dakota) and Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-California) spoke to reporters about the president’s plan to end taxation on dividends and the potential impact on Soc…
37 viewsThe committee talked about budget priorities and President Bush’s budget proposal for the 2004 fiscal year. Senator Dorgan chaired the committee.
62 viewsOfficials testified about various plans to continue financing Social Security. Among the issues they addressed were proposals to partially privatize the system, the state of the economy, and…
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