According to a recent TSCL poll, the majority of participants — 34% said a more fair and higher cost-of-living adjustment should be a top priority for Congress in the coming months. Twenty-nine percent said that passing legislation to require high income workers to pay their fair share of Social Security taxes on earnings over $118,500 should be top priority. Twenty-two percent said preventing increases in Medicare premiums and cost-sharing, and 15% said preventing Social Security disability insurance insolvency and a 20% benefit cut, were top priorities.

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