Before Obamacare "Glitch," There Was The Notch Glitch Obamacare is not the first government program in which major implementation glitches had disastrous consequences for large numbers of beneficiaries. In 1977 chang ...
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Seventeen Co-sponsors for The Notch Fairness Act
While Congress has been holding hearings and considering changes to Social Security, TSCL has been successful in gaining co-sponsors for The Notch Fairness Act. The bill, introduced in the House and Senate by Representat ...
Risk of Deeper Benefit Cuts When Congress Waits
The Notch Fairness Act In House And Senate What happens when Congress waits too long to address a Social Security funding crisis? Deeper benefit cuts, sudden tax increases, and glitches in the implementation of reform ...
Benefit Bulletin: June 2013
What Caused The Social Security Notch? The Social Security Notch is the unexpectedly steep drop in benefits that affects people born from 1917 through 1926. This generation of seniors receives lower benefits than othe ...
Could Your Benefits Be Notched?
The Notch Fairness Act Introduced in the House and Senate Are you at risk of a notch in your Social Security benefits? A "notch" refers to inequality in benefits between people who are close in age and have similar ea ...
Benefit Bulletin: March/April 2013
$5,000 Notch Fairness Act Reintroduced Congress and President Obama are battling over the federal budget, but supporters in Congress aren't about to forget Notch Babies. The Notch Fairness Act bills (H.R. 155) and (S. ...
TSCL Continues Working For Notch Reform
TSCL has not given up our goal of Notch reform. In recent months we have been working with long-term Notch reform allies in Congress to ensure that Notch Babies', needs are protected from deficit reduction plans that wo ...
Benefit Bulletin: August 2012
TSCL Chairman Larry Hyland Congratulates Representative Mike McIntyre (NC-7) Congressman Mike McIntyre Receives TSCL 2012 Seniors Advocate Award One of North Carolina’s staunchest advocates for seniors was recently re ...
Legislative Update: August 2012
Three Ways Congress Can Pay For Notch Reform By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Analyst Each month, due to the Social Security Act Amendments that were signed into law in 1977, more than 3.7 million Notch babies receiv ...
Benefit Bulletin: June 2012
“Tough Choices” — Payroll Tax Cut For Illegals Or Notch Reform? “Tough choices.” When referring to reducing the Social Security deficit, those tough choices boil down to just two choices — raising taxes or cutting ben ...
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