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Seniors went to Capitol Hill earlier this month to tell Congress why their current #SocialSecurity benefits are inadequate. Boost Social Security Now! https://www.ncpssm.org/campaigns/boost-social-security-now/ @RepJohnLarson
Investment in home and community-based care is popular and must be included in #infrastructure. Now it’s up to Congress to get it done. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/opinion/elder-care-congress.html #HCBS @nytimes
Seniors rely on the mail for everything from bill paying to collecting #SocialSecurity benefits. We must #SaveTheUSPS! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/postal-service-louis-dejoy-delivery-10-year-plan/
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure becomes the first black woman to lead the agency that oversees #Medicare and #Medicaid. She is a major improvement over President Trump’s CMS administrator, who undermined Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/25/us/politics/chiquita-brooks-lasure-medicare-medicaid.html @CMSGov
A new analysis by the National Institute on Retirement Security shows that #WomensRetirement income lags behind men’s. Our #EleanorsHope initiative is dedicated to helping close the gap between women & men when it comes to retirement savings and benefits. https://www.ncpssm.org/eleanors-hope/
A key question that’s often left out of #retirement planning: Will seniors have enough income to afford the local cost of living?
President Biden’s 2022 spending plan is a welcome change for #seniors after four years of proposed budget cuts from Trump. https://www.ncpssm.org/entitledtoknow/biden-budget-bolsters-older-americans/
Sheryl Hagen isn’t old enough for Medicare yet. But she is one of more than a million people who signed up for the #AffordableCareAct since the Biden administration opened special enrollment. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sea-change-subsidies-white-house-push-leads-surge-obamacare-sign-n1267466
“A so-called she-cession is poised to make the already existing #retirement gender gap worse,” writes @loriekonish for @cnbc. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/14/a-third-of-americans-plan-to-retire-later-due-to-covid-19-study-finds.html
As #Obamacare enrollment continues to hit record levels, let’s hope that the Supreme Court does not rip away health coverage from the millions of Americans who finally have it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/05/record-31-million-americans-have-health-care-coverage-through-affordable-care-act-white-house-says/