By U.S. Senator David Vitter (LA) Over the last several years, we've seen huge increases in the price of prescription drugs, and drug companies are finding loopholes in the system to keep their money rolling in at the ...
Category: Congressional Corner
Congressional Corner: Let’s Not Cripple Medicare
By Representative Kristi Noem (SD – At Large) Medicare is a program that nearly 50 million seniors and people with disabilities rely on. The critical importance of this program to our seniors cannot be over ...
Congressional Corner: Let’s Agree: No Changes to Medicare for Today’s Seniors
By Representative Scott Rigell (VA-2) I am pleased to tell you that earlier this year I introduced House Resolution 680, which expresses the will of the House of Representatives to protect Medicare for Americans 55 an ...
Benefit Bulletin: July 2012
Ten Questions For Your Next Town Hall Members of Congress and candidates frequently schedule town halls. Voters get an opportunity to ask questions and to learn the candidates’ positions on key issues. Be prepared by ...
Congressional Corner: The Payroll Tax Cut Is A Bad Deal For Homeowners
By Representative Allen B. West (FL-22) Magicians dazzle their audiences with tricks using sleight of hand and misdirection. A larger action covers a smaller action is a phrase often used by those magicians adept at s ...
Congressional Corner: Promises Made To Seniors Must Be Kept
By Representative Bill Posey (FL-15) Most seniors have spent their entire lives paying into a system that guarantees Social Security and Medicare benefits at retirement age, and the federal government must honor that ...
Congressional Corner: The Payroll Tax Cut’s Not The Problem – Privatization Is
The following does not necessarily reflect the views of The Senior Citizens League. By Representative Mike Doyle (PA-14) As Congress returns to work, it begins another debate over the Social Security payroll tax – ...
Congressional Corner: “We Must Protect Health Care Access For Seniors”
By Representative André Carson, (IN-7) As the Representative for Indiana’s Seventh Congressional District, I have had the opportunity to meet and talk with many seniors during my Medicare forums. These seniors have un ...
Doc’s Examining Room No Place For The Federal Government
By Representative Larry Bucshon (IN-8) Prior to being elected to Congress in 2010, I spent the past 15 years as a practicing cardiothoracic surgeon. As a physician, I always put patients first. Now, as a Congressman, ...
Protecting Your Health Care Decisions
By Representative Robert J. Dold (IL-10) There is nothing more personal than your healthcare decisions. That’s why I’m concerned about a provision in the healthcare law passed by the previous Congress. It would allo ...
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