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Lowey Introduces Legislation to Provide Social Security Earnings Credit to Caregivers

An individual’s secure retirement is jeopardized when leaving the labor force or reducing hours to care for a loved one. The Social Security Caregiver Credit Act aims to increase retirement payments for caregivers who care for others during their working years.

For millions of American women, unpaid caregiving becomes a financial emergency, and on average accounts for $324,000 in lost wages and Social Security benefits in a caregiver’s lifetime.
Lowey’s proposal has been endorsed by 19 national organizations, including the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, the National Organization for Women (NOW), and the National Alliance for Caregiving. (A full list is at the bottom of this release.)
via Rep. Lowey.

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Letter Endorsing Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015.

Because of the way that Social Security benefits are calculated, temporary interruptions in a person’s participation in the labor force can lead to a significant reduction in the amount of that person’s Social Security benefit.

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The Phony Crisis in Social Security Disability Insurance — And Other Things Women Should Know About SSDI

Some lawmakers are saying that Social Security is facing a crisis. The Senate Budget Committee recently held a hearing on “The Coming Crisis: Social Security Disability Trust Fund Insolvency;” today, a House subcommittee is holding a hearing on the “looming insolvency of the Disability Insurance program.”

via National Women’s Law Center.

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Social Security is One Program – No Matter How Much Conservatives Try to Pit Seniors Against the Disabled.

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Trump 2019 Budget Shortchanges Seniors, Poor, Disabled.• President Trump released an FY 2019 budget today proposing deep spending reductions for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and... — via twitter.
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Trump 2019 Budget Shortchanges Seniors, Poor, Disabled.
President Trump released an FY 2019 budget today proposing deep spending reductions for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and myriad other federal programs that help older Americans, the poor, and people with disabilities.

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Social Security’s retirement, survivors, and disability benefits are closely integrated, sharing the same benefit formula and similar work-history requirements. Like the rest of Social Security, SSDI largely serves older Americans. About three-fourths of beneficiaries are over 50, and more than one-third are over 60. SSDI beneficiaries seamlessly switch to retirement benefits at age 66. Thus, cutting disability benefits would cut the retirement benefits of the affected workers as well.

via CBPP.

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Trump Budget Shatters President’s Promise on Social Security, Medicaid.

The President’s promise not to touch Social Security was officially revealed to be a sham today. Trump’s proposed 2018 budget slashes $64 billion from Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Some media outlets have let the President off the hook by saying the budget does not cut Social Security benefits.

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One of the worst parts of the Trump budget is $72 billion in cuts to Social Security Disability Insurance. Budget director Mulvaney made the incredible claim that SSDI isn’t really part of Social Security, so cutting it supposedly wouldn’t violate President Trump’s promise to protect Social Security.

Max Richtman via The Hill.

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“Trump’s budget proposal, though widely disregarded by congressional appropriators, would cut $31.4 billion from SSDI over 10 years, according to the Washington Post.
“I recognize that he’s going to be saving Social Security Retirement, but he’s not... — Trump’s budget proposal, though widely disregarded by congressional appropriators, would cut $31.4 billion from SSDI over 10 years, according to the Washington Post.
“I recognize that he’s going to be saving Social Security Retirement, but he’s not saving Social Security Disability Insurance, which benefits more than 10 million Americans,” NBC’s Peter Alexander told Mulvaney in a press briefing Tuesday, pointing to Trump’s repeated campaign promises not to cut Social Security. “So is the President keeping his promise on that program?”
Mulvaney argued that SSDI “is not what most people would consider to be Social Security.”
via Talking Points Memo.
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In this case, the millions of Americans with disabilities who rely on SSDI for basic income security are the ones who stand to be hurt. Though SSDI helps younger Americans, too, most of its beneficiaries are 55 or over – meaning any cuts to the program will hit older Americans particularly hard.

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“Diana Matsushima cares for both her husband and sister-in-law full time, giving them their medications and driving them to their doctor appointments.
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• We recommend that, in... — Diana Matsushima cares for both her husband and sister-in-law full time, giving them their medications and driving them to their doctor appointments.
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Providing Social Security Credits for Caregivers.
We recommend that, in computing the Social Security retirement or disability benefit that imputed earnings for up to five family service years would be granted to a worker who leaves or reduces his/her participation in the work force to provide care to children under the age of six or to elderly family members.

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Unfortunately, the cold facts do not deter the administration’s propagandists from insisting that many SSDI beneficiaries are somehow undeserving of help – even though they must have worked and paid into Social Security for five of the past ten years before applying.

via Entitled to Know.

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Did you miss Behind the Headlines this week?

We discussed:

President Trump’s budget and it’s impact on seniors, Social Security Disability Insurance, and Medicaid.

Medicare Advantage and it’s troubles in Florida.

Mick Mulvaney and his attacks on SSDI.

You can watch it here.

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The GOP has been trying to cut Social Security, Medicare, and balance the budget on the backs of seniors for decades.Have you Pledged to Vote? Click here. — The GOP has been trying to cut Social Security, Medicare, and balance the budget on the backs of seniors for decades.
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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/

On-time delivery plunges at U.S. Postal Service, with 1 in 5 pieces of mail arriving late

Postmaster Louis DeJoy blames issues that "plague" the USPS, causing late deliveries for 20% of all first-class mail.