By Senator Amy Klobuchar (MN), I’ve heard similar stories again and again—people getting sick and having to choose between paying the mortgage, turning on the heat in the winter, or refilling a critical prescription. ...
Category: Congressional Corner
Congressional Corner: We Need Competition In Prescription Drug Pricing and to Stop Abusive Conduct That Keep Drug Costs High
By Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (IA) People with conditions such as cancer, cystic fibrosis and HIV have had their lives transformed, even saved, as a result of innovations by the U.S. pharmaceutic ...
Congressional Corner: It’s Time for Seniors to Get a Fair COLA
By Congressman John Garamendi (CA-3) Social Security benefits and cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) specifically, have not kept up with inflation. Americans everywhere agree: Social Security is not an entitlement; it ...
Congressional Corner: Two Social Security Provisions Unfairly Penalize Millions of Teachers, Firefighters and Public Sector Workers
Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13) Every day, thousands of our neighbors and friends protect our cities, educate our students, and provide crucial services to our communities. While these public servants have made careers ...
Congressional Corner: Medicare Needs to Cover Dental, Vision and Hearing Care
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) Hearing, vision, and dental services are essential to the well-being of older Americans. Sadly, our Medicare system has failed to recognize that truth. Since Medicare was ...
Congressional Corner: Let’s Make Healthcare Affordable Again
By Senator Bill Cassidy (LA) Health care costs are too high. Insurance premiums have gone up year after year, while drug prices skyrocket and surprise medical bills drain Americans’ bank accounts. As a doctor, I kno ...
Congressional Corner: Congress Has an Obligation to Seniors
By Representative Debbie Lesko (AZ-8) Since 1935 and 1965, Social Security and Medicare have been, and continue to be, essential for senior citizens of the United States. More than 60 million Americans are currently e ...
Congressional Corner: Fighting for Our Nation’s Seniors
By Senator Deb Fischer (NE) Recently, actress Marcia Gay Harden testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging. Ms. Harden is known for her performances in comedies like The First Wives Club and biographies l ...
Congressional Corner: Protecting and Expanding the Retirement Security You’ve Earned
Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) Medicare and Social Security are bedrocks of the American Dream, guaranteeing a secure retirement that Americans earn over a lifetime of hard work. In the Senate, I’m working to update an ...
Congressional Corner: We Need A CPI That Reflects Senior Costs
By Representative John Duncan, Jr. (TN-2) “Seniors squeezed by Medicare costs, zero raise in Social Security” was a Florida headline in October 2015, and was similar to many alarming headlines in newspapers across the ...
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